Table 1.

Comparison of the mean inflammatory factors in the studied groups before and after the intervention.

Inflammatory factors		Control group	Sham group	Experimental group 1	Experimental group 2
IL-6	Before the intervention	2.82 ± 0.03	2.83 ± 0.03	2.84 ± 0.03	2.85 ± 0.02
	After the intervention	2.83 ± 0.02	3.85 ± 0.06	3.29 ± 0.08	3.01 ± 0.07
	P-value	0.745	0.000	0.009	0.065
TNF-α	Before the intervention	10.84 ± 0.23	10.88 ± 0.23	11.04 ± 0.22	10.90 ± 0.18
	After the intervention	11.08 ± 0.18	16.20 ± 0.19	12.66 ± 0.14	11.04 ± 0.20
	P-value	0.186	0.000	0.000	0.52
CRP	Before the intervention	1.77 ± 0.06	1.81 ± 0.06	1.72 ± 0.06	1.69 ± 0.07
	After the intervention	1.78 ± 0.06	2.98± 0.07	2.06 ± 0.08	1.81 ± 0.11
	P-value	0.423	0.000	0.038	0.082
Fibrinogen	Before the intervention	2.14 ± 0.09	2.22 ± 0.06	2.16 ± 0.08	2.18 ± 0.58
	After the intervention	2.16 ± 0.05	3.92 ± 0.06	2.84 ± 0.10	2.34 ± 0.10
	P-value	0.749	0.000	0.001	0.078

Notes: Data were presented based on mean ± SD. Meaningful statistical significance was calculated using independent t-test.

Abbreviation: TNF-α, tumor necrosis factor-α.