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. 2005 Jun;1(1):53–56.

Table 1.

Plasma TNF-α level at different time (ng.L-1)

Groups n 25d 30d 35d 40d 45d

Normal group 5 0.373 ± 1.287
CIA group 16 51.891 ± 6.023a 57.878 ± 4.128a 59.982 ± 2.491a 63.220 ± 7.983a 64.510 ± 3.504a
MTX group 25 41.096 ± 6.866ac 37.061 ± 3.890ab 36.065 ± 6.210ab 35.733 ± 5.112ab 32.675 ± 7.405ab
BZXD group 29 32.684 ± 8.757abd 28.880 ± 5.791abd 28.257 ± 4.931abd 26.608 ± 8.193abd 26.322 ± 5.408abd
a

Compare with normal group p<0.01;

b

Compare with CIA group p<0.01 p<0.05 --compare with MTX group p<0.05.