Egyptian Liver Journal

Table 3 Comparison between each group before and after treatment and the two studied groups according to total cholesterol level

From: Impact of direct-acting antiviral therapy on metabolic profiles and adiponectin serum level in different categories of patients with chronic hepatitis C infection

Total cholesterol	Groups		T test
Total cholesterol	Group I	Group II	t	P value
Before
Range	117–190 mg/dl	130–256 mg/dl	− 3.633	<0.001*
Mean ± SD	153.260 ± 20.101 mg/dl	174.000 ± 35.001 mg/dl	− 3.633	<0.001*
After
Range	129–207 mg/dl	135–223 mg/dl	− 0.932	0.354
Mean ± SD	174.120 ± 19.050 mg/dl	178.200 ± 24.396 mg/dl	− 0.932	0.354
Differences
Mean ± SD	− 20.860 ± 11.889 mg/dl	− 4.200 ± 21.928 mg/dl
Paired test
Pvalue	<0.001*	0.182

t Student’s t test, p p value for comparing between the two groups
*highly significant

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