Table 1.

Changes of the values of the biomolecules in the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis (x̅ ± s)

Group	Number of cases(n)	CRH (ng/mL)	ACTH (pg/mL)	CORT (ng/mL)
Control group	30	1.76 ± 0.37	27.05 ± 5.39	309.74 ± 20.27
Model group	30	1.38 ± 0.15ΔΔ	19.99 ± 0.64ΔΔ	294.39 ± 9.14Δ

Notes: Compared with the control group;

^ΔP ≤ 0.05;

^ΔΔP ≤ 0.01.