Variables

Chronic hepatitis C infection

Chronic hepatitis B infection

Before

(N = 74)

After

(N = 74)

p-value

Before

(N = 74)

After

(N = 74)

p-value

AST (U/L) (Mean ± SD)

48.27 ± 22.42

27.50 ± 38.89

<0.001**

62.68 ± 18.93

31.80 ± 15.88

<0.001**

ALT (U/L) (Mean ± SD)

51.62 ± 26.07

29.91 ± 18.62

<0.001**

67.72 ± 21.81

35.31 ± 17.86

<0.001**

Bilirubin (mg/dl) (Mean ± SD)

1.11 ± 0.29

0.99 ± 0.18

0.005*

1.18 ± 0.23

1.06 ± 0.13

<0.001**

Albumin (g/dl) (Mean ± SD)

4.08 ± 0.64

4.14 ± 0.54

0.5

3.99 ± 0.52

4.02 ± 0.41

0.6

Platelets (×10³/ul) (Mean ± SD)

214.51 ± 77.58

254.27 ± 75.03

0.002*

213.84 ± 73.81

244.42 ± 70.62

0.01*

INR(Mean ± SD)

1.07 ± 0.16

1.04 ± 0.13

0.3

1.08 ± 0.15

1.06 ± 0.12

0.5

Liver stiffness (kpa) (Mean ± SD)

7.36 ± 3.26

5.39 ± 3.09

<0.001**

7.19 ± 3.11

5.39 ± 3.09

0.001*

Osteopontin (Mean ± SD)

78.73 ± 48.02

51.43 ± 30.17

<0.001**

82.31 ± 45.42

54.26 ± 31.51

<0.001**