Table 2. IL6 and CD4+/CD8+ ratio pre and post treatment in laser and IMT groups.
Pre treatment | Post treatment | Repeated measures (Group A) |
Repeated measures (Group B) |
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Laser group (A) | IMT group (B) | Laser group | IMT group | |||||
Mean ± SD | Mean ± SD | p value | Mean ± SD | Mean ± SD | p | p | p | |
IL6 (pg/ml) | 90.2 ± 15.1 | 92.2 ± 13.0 | 0.66 | 49.4 ± 10.1 | 62.8 ± 11.4 | * | * | * |
CD4/CD8 ratio | 0.47 ± 0.2 | 0.49 ± 0.2 | 0.71 | 0.95 ± 0.2 | 0.75 ± 0.2 | * | * | * |
SD: standard deviation; p-value, level of significance; *Significant