Table 1.

Serum IL-6 level in the mild hypothermia-treated and control groups (χ̄±SD).

Group	Mild hypothermia (pg/ml)	Control (pg/ml)	P value
Baseline	9.064±0.724	9.995±1.263	0.090
0.5 h	10.589±0.936	12.031±1.383	0.015*
1 h	13.008±2.401	15.459±2.453	0.044*
2 h	16.545±1.875	20.309±1.089	0.000**
4 h	23.771±1.405	26.002±1.229	0.002**
6 h	18.641±3.040	21.012±4.106	0.165
12 h	12.466±0.995	12.609±1.015	0.763
24 h	10.012±1.117	10.159±0.671	0.726

Compared with the control group,

^*P<0.05;

^**P<0.01.