Placebo Alcohol Two-way ANOVA P value Parameters 0% GTP Alcohol ´ GTP (P) 0.1% GTP (PLG) 0.5% GTP (PHG) 0% GTP (A)  0.1% GTP (ALG) 0.5% GTP (AHG) Alcohol GTP   Total serum protein (g/dL) 5.50 ± 0.15 5.20 ± 0.15 5.50 ± 0.15 5.60 ± 0.16 5.60 ± 0.16  5.40 ± 0.14  0.223 0.768   0.327 0.327 Albumin (g/dL) 3.95 ± 0.08x 3.95 ± 0.08x 3.91 ± 0.07x 3.68 ± 0.08y  3.86 ± 0.08y   3.60 ± 0.07y 0.001 0.162 0.377 Globulin (g/dL) 1.55 ± 0.12y  1.52 ± 0.12y 1.58 ± 0.11y 1.95 ± 0.13x 1.81 ± 0.12x 0.83 ± 0.11x 0.003 0.797 0.794 A/G ratio 2.56 ± 0.13x 2.47 ± 0.13x 2.46 ± 0.13x 2.02 ± 0.14y 2.22 ± 0.13y    2.06 ± 0.13y   <0.001   0.833 0.571 Ca (mg/dL)   10.6 ± 0.2   9.8 ± 0.2   10.3 ± 0.2      10.5 ± 0.2  10.4 ± 0.2  10.1 ± 0.2     0.589 0.207 0.19 Pi (mg/dL)   7.7 ± 0.3y          7.6 ± 0.3y 8.1 ± 0.3y 9.4 ± 0.3x 9.7 ± 0.3x 9.6 ± 0.3x <0.001  0.759 0.616 Glucose (mg/dL)   208 ± 12x 184 ± 12x 186 ± 11x 170 ± 12y 157 ± 12y 166 ± 11y   0.005 0.305 0.742 BUN (mg/dL) 19.6 ± 7.1   18.7 ± 7.1    22.4 ± 6.7  36.4 ± 7.6  22.6 ± 7.1   21.6 ± 6.7    0.258 0.561 0.448 Creatinine (mg/dL)  0.24 ± 0.02   0.23 ± 0.02    0.25 ± 0.02    0.26 ± 0.02    0.28 ± 0.02  0.26 ± 0.02   0.115 0.977 0.533 ALP (U/L)   157.5 ± 8.5xa 132.5 ± 8.5xc   153.8 ± 3.0xb 141.0 ± 9.1ya   115.0 ± 8.5yc 124.6 ± 8.1yb 0.004 0.019 0.698 CK (U/dL)  481 ± 292y   600 ± 315y    761 ± 257y  750 ± 386x 1199 ± 273x 1506 ± 292   0.038 0.261 0.745 AST(SGOT) (U/dL)   91.4 ± 19.4 116.7 ± 19.4    104.0 ± 17.1    157.4 ± 19.4    109.8 ± 19.4    127.3 ± 18.1   0.081 0.832 0.182 ALT (SGPT) (U/dL)   33.1 ± 4.7   45.5 ± 4.7   33.8 ± 4.4  39.8 ± 5.0  37.1 ± 4.7     36.0 ± 4.4  0.968 0.374 0.285 Amylase (U/dL)   2717 ± 103x   2498 ± 96x 2541 ± 91x 2398 ± 111y    2490 ± 96y     2137 ± 91y    0.004 0.08 0.105 Cholesterol (mg/dL)   68.1 ± 4.6B   68.5 ± 4.3B    71.7 ± 4.3B    91.6 ± 5.0A    78.4 ± 4.6AB   71.8 ± 4.3B    0.005 0.2 0.05 Na (meq/dL)   143.3 ± 3.0   137.3 ± 3.0    146.2 ± 2.8    144.4 ± 3.2    145.2 ± 3.0     144.5 ± 2.8    0.335 0.393 0.272 K (meq/dL) 4.6 ± 0.2y   4.9 ± 0.2y  4.7 ± 0.1y          5.5 ± 0.2x 5.4 ± 0.1x 5.7 ± 0.1x   <0.001  0.723 0.476 Na/K   30.6 ± 1.0x 27.5 ± 1.0x   30.7 ± 0.9x 26.6 ± 1.0y    26.6 ± 1.0y      25.5 ± 0.9y    <0.001   0.3 0.091 Cl (meq/dL)   101.7 ± 2.1     97.5 ± 2.1     102.7 ± 2.1    102.3 ± 2.2    102.2 ± 2.2     102.3 ± 2.0    0.317 0.427 0.446 Alcohol negatively affected blood chemistry markers of liver and pancreas function with GTP restoring cholesterol levels to normal

Table 1: Blood chemistry values in placebo- and alcohol-treated rats supplemented with green tea polyphenols (GTP) in drinking water are shown. Results are expressed as mean values ± standard error of mean (SEM). All dietary treatment groups were analyzed by two-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) followed by Fisher’s protected least significant difference (Fisher’s LSD) post-hoc test to evaluate the effect of alcohol, GTP dose, or interaction. Within a row with different superscripts (x and y for alcohol effect; a and b for GTP; A, B and C for interaction) are significantly different by two-way ANOVA and Fisher’s LSD test (P<0.05). Abbreviations are: A/G, albumin/globulins ratio; Ca, calcium; Pi, phosphate; BUN, blood urea nitrogen; ALP, alkaline phosphatase; CK, creatinine phosphokinase; AST, aspartate transferase activity; ALT, alanine transferase activity; Na, sodium; K, potassium; Cl, chloride.

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