Table IV.

Changes of content of inflammatory factors in serum before and after treatment.

Group		TNF-α (g/L)	CRP (mg/L)	sICAM-1 (ng/L)	IFN-γ (ng/L)
Treatment group	Before	4.58±0.61	59.43±7.75	9.28±1.46	12.54±1.86
	After	1.77±0.26*#	15.67±1.93*#	3.43±0.51*#	4.65±0.83*#
Control group	Before	4.65±0.72	60.15±7.86	9.34±1.17	12.91±2.22
	After	2.56±0.37*	25.51±4.57*	4.96±0.78*	7.75±0.94*

Note:

^*indicated P<0.05 comparing to before treatment in the same group;

^#indicated P<0.05 comparing to the control group.