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. 2017 Jun 29;8(38):63587–63595. doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.18864

Table 7. Compare the stress response effect.

Bup Bup+Dex(3) Bup+Dex(5) F/χ2 P value
Preoperative IL-6 (μg/L) 50.8±7.2 50.4±6.5 50.9±4.9 0.03 0.9711
Postoperative IL-6 (μg/L) 107.3±6.2ab 87.3±4.7a 88.2±6.1b 78.61 <0.0001
Preoperative cortisol (μg/L) 87.6±10.3 86.8±10.0 93.4±9.5 2.67 0.0778
Postoperative cortisol (μg/L) 157.7±18.4ab 124.7±11.1a 128.1±7.4b 38.18 <0.0001

a, b suggest groups labeled by the same letter have statistical significance.