Evaluation of laboratory findings
The results of biochemical and laboratory tests of participants were obtained from hospital databases, which evaluated them at the beginning and end of the intervention after a 12-h fasting period. These laboratory findings included the values for D-dimer (mg/l), blood urea nitrogen (BUN) (mg/dl), creatinine (Cr) (mg/dl), serum glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase (SGOT) (u/l), serum glutamic-pyruvic transaminase (SGPT) (u/l), lactate dehydrogenase (u/l), sodium (Na) (mEq/l), and potassium (K) (mEq/l).