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

Table 5 The liver function and blood lipid levels before and after treatment (n = 40, mean ± SD)

Group	ALT (U/L)		AST (U/L)		TC (mmol/L)		TG (mmol/L)
	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	78.74 ± 7.71	53.35 ± 5.541	65.25 ± 8.83	34.03 ± 4.011	6.09 ± 1.35	4.03 ± 1.081	2.11 ± 0.43	1.34 ± 0.251
Control group	77.78 ± 8.05	60.48 ± 6.252	64.98 ± 8.91	50.82 ± 6.432	6.02 ± 1.26	5.78 ± 1.222	2.15 ± 0.29	1.89 ± 0.342
t value	0.545	5.399	0.136	14.013	0.240	6.793	0.488	8.243
P value	0.588	< 0.0001a	0.892	< 0.0001a	0.811	< 0.0001a	0.627	< 0.0001a

^aP < 0.05.

¹P Defined compared with the observation group before treatment.

²P Defined compared with the control group before treatment.

ALT: Glutamic pyruvic transaminase; AST: Glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase; TC: Total cholesterol; TG: Triglyceride.