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Table 5.

Plasma level of IL-6 (pg/mL) among the three groups (mean ± SD).

Groups	Before induction of anesthesia	Time after operation (h)
Groups	Before induction of anesthesia	0	24	48
A (n = 29)	220.33 ± 13.16	359.45 ± 17.36	283.38 ± 12.32^∗$	263.31 ± 19.20^$
B (n = 30)	218.68 ± 15.42	351.38 ± 16.38	236.67 ± 13.49^∗∗#$	229.38 ± 15.49^∗#$
C (n = 28)	225.73 ± 14.18^$	349.95 ± 17.81	327.28 ± 20.18	289.38 ± 17.73

^* P < 0.05, ^** P < 0.05 versus group C; ^# P < 0.05 versus group A.

^$ P < 0.05 versus all the other time points in the patients of the same group.