Table 2. Serum levels of IL-8, IL-10 and IL-18 of patients before therapy and after therapy.

	Before therapy	After therapy	P Values
IL-8 (pg/ml)	139.1 ± 31.5	110.8 ± 19.5	0.576
IL-10 (pg/ml)	30.3 ±13.7	10.8 ± 4.3	0.514
IL-18 (pg/ml)	249.9 ± 40.9	97.5 ± 19.1	0.020
CRP (g/ml)	48.4±21.3	4.5±3.2	0.001

Data are presented as means ± SD.