Effect of Dendrobium nobile powder combined with conventional therapy on mild to moderate fatty liver

Table 4 The liver fibrosis before and after treatment (n = 40, ng/mL, mean ± SD)

Group	Hyaluronic acid		Laminin		PC III		Type IV collagen
	Before treatment	After 8 weeks of treatment	Before treatment	After 8 weeks of treatment	Before treatment	After 8 weeks of treatment	Before treatment	After 8 weeks of treatment
Observation group	118.29 ± 20.41	68.82 ± 12.361	113.86 ± 26.63	90.58 ± 9.781	110.02 ± 18.81	84.35 ± 9.911	75.36 ± 13.18	60.45 ± 8.481
Control group	117.87 ± 20.33	108.56 ± 18.812	112.91 ± 25.48	101.17 ± 25.652	109.87 ± 17.75	95.52 ± 13.362	75.58 ± 14.04	71.56 ± 11.512
t value	0.092	11.167	0.163	2.440	0.044	4.247	0.072	4.915
P value	0.927	< 0.0001a	0.871	0.017	0.971	< 0.0001a	0.943	< 0.0001a

^aP < 0.05.

¹P Defined compared with the observation group before treatment.

²P Defined compared with the control group before treatment.

PC III: Human rocollagen III.