Egyptian Liver Journal

Table 4 Comparison between each group before and after treatment and the two studied groups according to triglyceride 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

Triglyceride	Groups		T test
Triglyceride	Group I	Group II	t	P value
Before
Range	60–142 mg/dl	67–194 mg/dl	− 1.175	0.243
Mean ± SD	113.220 ± 22.933 mg/dl	120.320 ± 36.072 mg/dl	− 1.175	0.243
After
Range	53–152 mg/dl	65–168 mg/dl	− 3.599	0.001*
Mean ± SD	105.660 ± 23.272 mg/dl	124.100 ± 27.763 mg/dl	− 3.599	0.001*
Differences
Mean ± SD	7.560 ± 11.608 mg/dl	− 3.780 ± 23.342 mg/dl
Paired test
Pvalue	<0.001*	0.258

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

Back to article page