Table 3 Descriptive statistics, differences between groups and estimated reference intervals for clinical chemistry. Data are expressed as mean ± SD or median (minimum-maximum)

Glucose (mg/dL)

124 (69–200)

71–196

49

111 ± 26

34–159

62

0.0016

Urea (mg/dL)

12.4 (4.9–31.7)

5.0–30.8

55

17 (4–40)

4–39

59

0.0002

Creatinine (mg/dL)

0.65 (0.30–0.88)

0.38–0.85

56

1.09 (0.31–1.41)

0.51–1.39

62

<0.0001

AST (U/L)

29 ± 7

10–47

56

31 (11–68)

13–65

62

0.9915

ALT (U/L)

23 ± 6

5–38

56

30 (11–58)

14–54

60

<0.0001

ALP (U/L)

3773 ± 1017

1324–6031

56

770 ± 270

110–1292

61

<0.0001

TP (g/dL)

5.0 ± 0.5

3.7–6.2

54

4.8 (1.2–6.7)

2.5–6.6

59

0.4464

Albumin (g/dL)

1.8 ± 0.3

1.0–2.6

55

3.0 (1.8–4.0)

1.9–4.0

59

<0.0001

A/G

0.56 (0.36–0.99)

0.37–0.98

53

1.5 ± 0.3

0.7–2.2

60

<0.0001

TI (μg/dL)

15 (9–31)

9–30

49

34 (7–157)

7–151

60

<0.0001

UIBC (μg/dL)

338 ± 72

218–524

44

326 (40–1058)

63–980

62

0.2031

TIBC (μg/dL)

354 ± 72

230–542

44

397 (128–882)

142–877

60

0.0031

TSAT (%)

4.2 ± 1.2

1.3–6.7

42

8.6 (0.8–55.6)

0.9–54

61

0.0058

Potassium (mEq/L)

4 ± 0.5

2.8–5.1

54

3.7 ± 0.4

2.9–4.6

63

0.0252

Sodium (mEq/L)

135 (126–140)

126–140

53

136 ± 4.7

125–147

63

0.2448