Hematological, inflammatory and ultrasonic biomarkers

Baseline

BPF

Patients undergoing BPF (650 × 2 daily) for 120 consecutive days

107

Age (yr)

56 ± 12

Sex (M/F)

64/43

BMI (kg/m²)

29.4 ± 2.01

28.2 ± 1.53

Fasting plasma glucose (mg/mL)

118 ± 1.4

98 ± 0.8^*

Total Cholesterol (mg/dL)

245 ± 8.3

182 ± 7.1^*

LDL-C (mg/mL)

162 ± 4.3

101 ± 1.8^*

HDL-C (mg/mL)

38 ± 3.8

49 ± 4^*

Triglycerides (mg/mL)

232 ± 5.1

160 ± 4.8^*

Steato test

0.74 ± 0.12

0.44 ± 0.09^*

ALT (U/L)

54 ± 5.4

36 ± 5.3^*

AST (U/L)

52. ± 6.4

41 ± 5.2^*

γ-GT (IU/L)

38 ± 5.2

29.33 ± 1.1^*

Hs-CRP (mcg/dl)

1.2 + 0.8

0.94 + 0.6^*

TNF-α (pg/mL)

14.4 ± 1.9

10.7 ± 1.7^*

Hepatorenal index

2.8 ± 0.4

1.5 ± 0.5^*