Table 2.

Serum levels of TNF-α (pg/ml) at different time intervals

Group	Time intervals (h)
	0	2	4
Control (n = 41)	23.5 ± 3.7	35.4 ± 5.1	34.2 ± 3.3
Test (n = 30)	21.5 ± 2.2	13.4 ± 2.7*	11.7 ± 1.6**

^* P<0.01 vs. control group at 2 h;

^** P<0.01 vs. control group at 4 h