Control
Group DEX0.5
Group DEX1.0
P
Sex (M/F) 8/22 11/19 11/19 0.638
Age (yrs) 54.5 (11.9) 54.1 (8.8) 52.2 (10.3) 0.651
Body mass index (kg/m2) 23.7 (3.0) 23.4 (3.0) 23.7 (2.6) 0.879
Serum total bilirubin (μmol/L) 16.0 (7.8) 17.8 (10.7) 14.4 (5.1) 0.606
Albumin (g/L) 44.2 (2.3) 42.1 (3.9) 43.1 (3.1) 0.410
Alanine aminotransferase (U/L) 15[11;36] 18[8;32] 29[10;85] 0.562
Aspartate aminotransferase (U/L) 22.5[17;28] 21[15;28] 24[16;48] 0.671
Serum creatinine (mmol/L) 66.9 (13.0) 60.8 (13.3) 60.2 (18.4) 0.557
Blood urea nitrogen (mmol/L) 5.1 (1.2) 4.8 (1.4) 4.8 (1.4) 0.845
International normalized ratio 0.94[0.81;1.09] 0.92[0.83;1.10] 0.95[0.90;1.03] 0.581