[Retracted] Long-Term Carbohydrate-Containing Late-Evening Snack Significantly Improves the Ratio of Branched Chain Amino Acids to Aromatic Amino Acids in Adults with Liver Cirrhosis due to Hepatitis B
Table 5
Changes of laboratory values in patients with cirrhosis before and after late-evening snacks ().
Study group
Control group
Treatment effects
Baseline ()
1st month ()
3rd month ()
6th month ()
Baseline ()
1st month ()
3rd month ()
6th month ()
WBC (×109/L)
1.449
0.242
1.076
0.346
0.108
HB (g/L)
1.234
0.297
0.534
0.589
0.218
PLT (×109/L)
0.316
0.730
1.487
0.233
0.924
ALT (U/L)
1.279
0.284
0.698
0.501
0.447
AST (U/L)
0.124
0.883
1.777
0.177
0.448
TBIL (μmol/L)
0.591
0.556
0.487
0.617
0.564
ALB (g/L)
4.614
0.013
0.386
0.681
0.036
PALB (mg/L)
3.779
0.027
0.229
0.796
0.031
CHE (U/L)
0.118
0.889
0.177
0.838
0.730
CR (μmol/L)
0.105
0.901
0.199
0.820
0.663
CHOL (mmol/L)
1.085
0.343
1.643
0.201
0.501
TG (mmol/L)
0.776
0.464
1.161
0.319
0.281
PT (S)
0.186
0.831
2.145
0.125
0.100
INR
0.178
0.837
0.185
0.164
0.458
NH3 (μmol/L)
2.467
0.031
1.089
0.345
0.045
GLU (mmol/L)
0.342
0.693
0.217
0.728
0.469
Abbreviations: WBC: white blood cell count; HB: hemoglobin; PLT: platelet count; ALT: alanine aminotransferase; AST: aspartate transferase; TBIL: total bilirubin; ALB: albumin; PALB: prealbumin; CHE: cholinesterase; CR: creatinine; CHOL: total cholesterol; TG: triglyceride; PT: prothrombin time; INR: international normalized ratio; NH3: ammonemia; GLU: blood glucose. compared with baseline.
