Table I.

Water content in the lung tissue of each group.

Parameter	6 h	12 h	24 h
Group C (%)	72.47±2.89	71.32±4.13	71.20±3.11
Group S (%)	77.63±4.13	84.29±4.69a,c	87.23±5.12a,c,d
Group P (%)	76.65±5.32	78.35±3.61a,b	83.32±4.87a,b,c,d
F-value	2.09	13.32	17.55

Results are expressed as the mean ± standard deviation (n=5).

^aP<0.05, vs. group C;

^bP<0.05, vs. group S;

^cP<0.05, vs. intra-group 6 h;

^dP<0.05, vs. intra-group 12 h.

C, control; S, sepsis; P, pretreatment. n is the number of mice used in each group.