Fig. 6: Post-transplant Liver Enzyme Levels and Length of Stay.

A Patients in the SOC group (n = 24) took a median of 8.5 days (Q₁-Q₃ 6.25–11.75) to normalize aspartate aminotransferase (AST) levels. The PPM group (n = 23) reached normal AST levels at 6 days (Q₁-Q₃ 4–8) (P = 0.014). Data are presented as a box-and-whiskers plot, where the center line represents the median, the bounds of the box indicate the interquartile range (IQR, 25th to 75th percentile), and the whiskers extend to the minimum and maximum values within 1.5 times the IQR. A two-tailed Wilcoxon Rank Sum test was used to compare the groups. B Length of stay after transplantation was directly correlated with the number of days it took for AST levels to normalize (R² = 0.42, P = 10⁻⁶), as assessed by a two-tailed Spearman rank correlation test.