Table II.

Levels of cytokines and immunoglobulins following surgery.

	Group	Before anesthesia	4 h after induction of anesthesia	1 day after surgery	2 days after surgery
TNF (pg/ml)	Group C	1.51±0.41	1.71±0.16	1.61±0.22	1.4±0.38
	Group A	2.53±0.43	2.82±0.16	3.09±0.24	3.82±0.4
	Group S	3.44±0.41	2.75±0.16	3.15±0.22	2.99±0.38
IL-10 (pg/ml)	Group C	1.28±0.21	4.83±1.32a	3.97±1.04a	1.66±0.53
	Group A	2.53±0.22	3.16±1.4	7.18±1.1a	5.69±0.56a
	Group S	2.82±0.21	3.04±1.32	6.36±1.04a	4.01±0.53a
IL-8 (pg/ml)	Group C	11.45±5.67	10.9±1.67	17.48±46.61	12.36±60.33
	Group A	8.96±6.52	16.73±1.76	111.52±49.14ab	228.61±63.59ab
	Group S	38.08±15.67	13.54±1.67	119.18±46.61ab	174.28±60.33ab
IgM (g/l)	Group C	1.47±0.11	1.16±0.1	1.29±0.13	1.38±0.12
	Group A	0.19±0.11	0.19±0.11	0.19±0.14	0.18±0.13
	Group S	0.32±0.11	0.26±0.1	0.3±0.13	0.26±0.12
IgA (g/l)	Group C	4.16±0.41	2.77±0.37a	2.89±0.35a	3.25±0.31a
	Group A	0.61±0.43	0.64±0.39b	0.65±0.37b	0.63±0.32
	Group S	1.05±0.41	0.88±0.37b	0.98±0.35b	0.71±0.31
IgG (g/l)	Group C	0.53±0.08	0.47±0.07	0.44±0.08	0.45±0.07
	Group A	0.42±0.08	0.42±0.08	0.42±0.09	0.41±0.08
	Group S	0.46±0.08	0.46±0.07	0.46±0.08	0.46±0.07

Values are expressed as the mean values ± SD.

^aCompared with before anesthesia, there was a significant difference within the group, (P<0.05);

^bcompared with group C, there was significant difference between group C and group A or group C and group S (P<0.05).

TNF, tumor necrosis factor; IL, interleukin.