Table 3 Medians and standard deviation of the variables analyzed and means and standard deviations of Ln-transformed levels of selected values

Group I

Median

118244

122952

56825

15.3

15.378

(n = 141)

SD

24751

14729

25265

0.078

0.114

Group II

Median

64398

71980

43411

15.192

15.362

(n = 180)

SD

11498

12072

6379

0.051

0.086

P value

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

b)

LnΔH1

LnΔH2

LnΔH3

LnΔH4

LnΔH5

Group I

Median

11.657

11.697

10.913

2.728

2.73

(n = 141)

SD

0.223

0.219

0.266

0.007

0.005

Group II

Median

11.17

11.056

10.668

2.721

2.732

(n = 180)

SD

0.17

0.186

0.149

0.003

0.006

P value

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001