Table 4 Laboratory characteristics of the population at recruitment

Serum ALT

30.4 (27.7)

25.0 (18.0—34.0)

Serum AST

20.1 (23.2)

14.0 (7.0—26.0)

Serum GGT

21.6 (8.5)

20 (15—29)

Serum ALP

153.6 (49.9)

146 (115—179)

Serum bicarbonate

25.4 (2.2)

25 (24—27)

Serum Albumin

4.1 (2.9)

3.9 (3.5—4.1)

Serum Urea

25.3 (26.4)

18 (14—25)

Serum sodium

137.5 (4.0)

137.3 (135.1—139.4)

Serum potassium

4.3 (1.2)

4.2 (3.9—4.5)

Serum chloride

106.3 (4.3)

105.0 (103.5—108.9)

Serum phosphorus

1.3 (0.9)

1.1 (0.9—1.4)

Serum calcium

2.4 (1.2)

2.2 (2.1—2.4)

Serum creatinine

1.0 (0.6)

0.9 (0.8—1.2)

Neutrophil count

3.7 (2.2)

3.5 (2.6—4.6)

Lymphocyte Count

1.8 (0.9)

1.6 (1.3—2.1)

Total White blood cell count

6.3 (2.9)

6.0 (4.9—7.4)

Platelet count

223.9 (69.4)

220 (178—267)

Haemoglobin level

10.7 (2.0)

10.9 (9.5—12.0)

Haematocrit

32.6 (6.7)

33.0 (28.5—33.0)

Mean corpuscular volume

84.3 (7.8)

84.5 (79.9—89.1)

Mean corpuscular haemoglobin concentration

32.9 (2.5)

32.8 (31.4—34.3)