表 2. Comparison of cytokine levels between the HC group and the MDD group before and after treatment.

MDD患者治疗前后与健康对照血清炎症因子比较

Index	MDD group (n=61)		HC group (n=55)
	Before treatment	After treatment
IL: interleukin; TNF: tumor necrosis factor; the other abbreviations are explained in the note to Table 1. * P<0.05, vs. HC group; # P<0.05, vs. after treatment in MDD group.
IL-1β	55.76±11.43*, #	45.19±8.49	42.49±9.92
IL-6	30.87±3.25*, #	29.06±5.87*	26.15±7.93
TNF-α	44.97±11.19#	48.78±7.96	49.37±7.23