Table 1 Demographic and biochemical characteristics of the study groups

Age, years

11.4 ± 3.6

12.2 ± 2.7

11.3 ± 2.7

^a-b-cNS

BMI, z-scores

−0.156 ± 1.011

−0.134 ± 0.998

0.240 ± 0.698

^a-b-cNS

Serum glucose (mg/d L)

93.6 ± 9.1

93.0 ± 11.7

96.4 ± 14.5

^a-b-cNS

Serum ALB (g/dL)

3.0 ± 0.3

4.0 ± 0.3

4.0 ± 0.2

^a-b-cNS

TBIL (mg/dL)

0.65 ± 0.93

0.59 ± 0.39

0.41 ± 0.16

^a-b-cNS

ALT (IU/L)

73.6 ± 64.8^*

28.5 ± 12.9

24.9 ± 6.6

^a-b < 0.001, ^a-c < 0.001, ^b-cNS, ^a-b-c < 0.001

AST (IU/L)

59.9 ± 53.6

27.8 ± 8.3

25.9 ± 5.8

^a-b < 0.001, ^a-c < 0.001, ^b-cNS, ^a-b-c < 0.001

GGT (IU/L)

35.9 ± 47.8

18.5 ± 9.9

18.9 ± 6.1

^a-b-cNS

aPTT (second)

28.58 ± 3.23

31.10 ± 11.46

34.58 ± 15.72

^a-b-cNS

INR

1.09 ± 0.07

1.06 ± 0.08

1.05 ± 0.06

^a-b-cNS