Table 5 Effects of treatments on fatty liver
Placebo (n = 49) | Whey protein (n = 50) | Corn peptides (n = 47) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Baseline | 9-week | Baseline | 9-week | Baseline | 9-week | |
Fatty liver grade | ||||||
Absent | 0 (0) | 4 (8.2) | 0 (0) | 3 (6.0) | 0 (0) | 4 (8.5) |
Mild | 39 (79.6) | 35 (71.4) | 37 (74.0) | 34 (68.0) | 31 (66.0) | 28 (59.6) |
Moderate | 10 (20.4) | 10 (20.4) | 13 (26.0) | 13 (26.0) | 16 (34.0) | 15 (31.9) |
Outcome | ||||||
Improved | 5 (10.2) | 3 (6.0) | 5 (10.6) | |||
Unchanged | 43 (87.8) | 47 (94.0) | 42 (89.4) | |||
Deteriorated | 1 (2.0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | |||