Table V.

Plasma concentrations of IL-17 (ng/l).

Groups	No.	T0	T1	T2	T3	T4	P-value
I	15	20.8±7.3	26.5±6.7	32.5±5.2	33.3±8.2	30.2±8.3	<0.01
II	14	18.4±6.8	23.3±8.2	28.2±8.4	26.5±9.9	23.1±7.6	0.03
III	14	22.1±7.2	23.1±7.2	25.7±6.5	26.2±7.5	24.2±7.3	0.52
IV	14	19.6±8.6	21.8±7.6	22.4±7.3	22.7±5.3	21.3±6.2	0.79
P-value		0.60	0.38	<0.01	<0.01	0.01

Difference S IN IL-17 between groups by time period: T0, no significance. T1, no significance. T2, I VS. III, P=0.01; I VS. IV, P<0.01; AND II VS. IV, P=0.03. T3, I VS. II, P=0.02; I VS. III, P=0.02; AND I VS. IV, P<0.01. T4, I VS. II, P=0.01; I VS. III, P=0.03; AND I VS. IV, P<0.01. Difference S IN IL-17 between time periods compared TO T0 for each group: I, T0 VS. T1, P=0.03; T0 VS. T2, P<0.01; T0 VS. T3, P<0.01; AND T0 VS. T4, P<0.01. II, T0 VS. T2, P<0.01; AND T0 VS. T3, P=0.01. III and IV, no significance.