Biochemical

parameter (unit)

Post hoc comparisons

across study periods***

T0a

T1a

T2a

P

value**

χ2

F

Effect

size

T0 vs

T1

T0 vs

T2

T1 vs

T2

Total cholesterol

(mg/dl)

206.04 ± 40.33

189.43 ± 44.89

199.56 ± 37.91

0.004

6.13

0.358

0.01

0.04

0.72

LDL-cholesterol

(mg/dl)

133.09 ± 36.52

119.18 ± 36.66

128.95 ± 34.38

0.004

7.39

0.402

0.003

0.004

0.9

HDL-cholesterol

(mg/dl)

56.22 ± 15.34

53.21 ± 13.89

52.47 ± 14.01

0.11

2.33

-

-

-

-

LDL/HDL ratio

2.58 ± 1.07

2.35 ± 0.87

2.66 ± 1.04

0.003

6.87

0.384

0.02

0.004

0.9

Triacylglyerols

(mg/dl)

104.48 ± 38.44

106.00 ± 37.90

113.96 ± 46.69

0.43

0.86

-

-

-

-

Uric acid

(mg/dl)

4.66 ± 0.90

4.31 ± 0.73

4.66 ± 0.89

0.007

5.51

0.334

0.025

0.99

0.013

Serum creatinine

(mg/dl)

0.94 ± 0.18

0.93 ± 0.15

0.82 ± 0.18

<0.001

37.72

0.711

0.29

<0.001

<0.001

Azotemia

(mg/dl)

33.01 ± 9.96

32.13 ± 9.72

35.5 ± 12.19

0.10

2.84

-

-

-

-

Serum iron

(mg/dl)

100.68 ± 24.33

91.95 ± 33.66

83.78 ± 19.74

0.12

2.23

-

-

-

-

Glycemia

(mg/dl)

86.25 ± 5.90

85.82 ± 0.69

86.00 ± 6.69

0.82

0.19

-

-

-

-

ALTa (U/l)

30.09 ± 12.12

35.22 ± 9.52

31.52 ± 9.73

0.03

4.43

0.287

0.011

0.065

0.99

ASTb (U/l)

29.48 ± 7.08

30.30 ± 6.11

29.74 ± 5.55

0.54

1.22

-

-

-

-

GGTc (U/l)

38.04 ± 8.77

35.27 ± 6.30

36.26 ± 6.54

0.03

11.41

0.284

0.001

0.31

0.16

Total bilirubin

(mg/dl)

0.83 ± 0.28

0.76 ± 0.24

0.88 ± 0.30

0.45

1.60

-

-

-

-

Hbd (mg/dl)

14.54 ± 1.29

14.43 ± 1.30

14.46 ± 1.34

0.75

0.29

-

-

-

-

WBCse (µl)

5894.26 ± 1204.55

5961.30 ± 1660.25

5862.60 ± 1006.71

0.96

0.09

-

-

-

-

RBCsf (µl)

4,786,698.70 ± 456,834.83

4,771,347.83 ± 422,856.39

4,749,173.91 ± 463,205.50

0.37

0.83

-

-

-

-

PLTsg (µl)

214,913.04 ± 40,648.06

221,121.74 ± 47,352.44

226,000 ± 42,664.50

0.24

1.46

-

-

-

-

Total plasma

protein (mg/dl)

6.99 ± 0.30

6.91 ± 0.34

6.99 ± 0.37

0.50

0.70

-

-

-

-