Study group (N=24) Control group (N=16) p 24 hours AST 236 ± 45 242 ± 34 0.61 ALT 186 ± 36 197 ± 28 0.30 LDH 432 ± 144 416 ± 111 0.71 INR 1.03 ± 0.16 1.04 ± 0.17 0.92 48 hours AST 1831 ± 200 2086 ± 347 0.005 ALT 1714 ± 253 1918 ± 327 0.03 LDH 2237 ± 364 2180 ± 431 0.65 INR 1.94 ± 0.4 2.09 ± 0.4 0.26 72 hours AST 3324 ± 541 3878 ± 757 0.01 ALT 2253 ± 306 2706 ± 912 0.03 LDH 2785 ± 301 3532 ± 567 <0.001 INR 2.15 ± 0.52 2.62 ± 0.65 0.01 1st week AST 550 ± 97 1139 ± 404 <0.001 ALT 293 ± 94 804 ± 334 <0.001 LDH 519 ± 64 1207 ± 283 <0.001 INR 1.53 ± 0.42 1.42 ± 0.25 0.40 2nd week AST 32.3 ± 7.8 41.2 ± 12.8 0.01 ALT 37 ± 10 43 ± 5 0.05 LDH 295 ± 54 346 ± 112 0.07 INR 1.06 ± 0.16 1.1 ± 0.17 0.54

Table 2: Comparison of AST, ALT, LDH and INR of the groups.