Clinical research on navel application of Shehuang Paste combined with Chinese herbal colon dialysis in treatment of refractory cirrhotic ascites complicated with azotemia

Table 3 Pre- and post-treatment liver function changes (mean ± SD)

Groups	n	ALT (U/L)		AST (U/L)	γ-GT (U/L)	TB (U/L)	ALB (U/L)	A/G (U/L)
Comprehensive	29	Before	81.73 ± 55.31	96.92 ± 52.32	177.63 ± 22.24	59.89 ± 34.91	28.28 ± 4.19	0.82 ± 0.19
		After	53.22 ± 30.16a	83.56 ± 63.45	101.12 ± 44.11a	28.12 ± 10.23a	34.14 ± 3.95a	1.17 ± 0.74a
Simple	24	Before	73.67 ± 43.13	98.12 ± 62.26	170.03 ± 13.45	67.14 ± 41.39	28.38 ± 3.21	0.71 ± 0.18
		After	50.12 ± 20.43a	84.65 ± 60.50	88.20 ± 33.99a	35.22 ± 9.35a	35.47 ± 3.69a	1.15 ± 0.70a
Controls	22	Before	70.16 ± 37.24	102.12 ± 60.32	168.26 ± 118.04	68.81 ± 41.33	29.78 ± 3.39	0.72 ± 0.21
		After	51.02 ± 18.34a	87.65 ± 62.12	89.27 ± 35.19a	33.12 ± 9.08	34.78 ± 4.16a	1.11 ± 0.73

^aP < 0.05, pre- and post-treatment comparison.