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. 2014 Jan;18(1):23–27. doi: 10.6091/ibj.1211.2013

Table 2.

Comparison of change in serum concentrations before and after either the drug or placebo administration

Inflammatory
component 1
Study group 2
(ng/ml)
Control group
(ng/ml)
P value 3
VCAM-1 -298.27 ± 39.0610 -100.29 ± 10.8200 0.0001
ICAM-1 -55.13 ± 6.6500 -14.3 ± 2.9300 0.0001
MCP-1 -0.026 ± 0.0168 -0.0207 ± 0.0110 0.4
IL18 -0.0375 ± 0.0145 -0.0194 ± 0.0175 0.3

1, Serum concentration changes (concentration after administration-concentration before administration); 2, mean + SD; 3, two independent sample test