Table 3.

Changes of CRP, VEGF and RI

	Before the first stage	After the first stage	After the second stage
CRP (mg/L)
Treatment regimen A	30.21 ± 6.98	27.33 ± 6.23a	29.96 ± 6.21
Treatment regimen B	30.03 ± 8.33	29.55 ± 7.71	26.83 ± 6.08
VEGF (pg/ml)
Treatment regimen A	180.22 ± 18.51	178.32 ± 16.10b	179.63 ± 17.59
Treatment regimen B	182.87 ± 23.31	183.12 ± 21.40c	180.45 ± 20.49
RI (0~1)
Treatment regimen A	0.53 ± 0.05	0.85 ± 0.04d	0.63 ± 0.04
Treatment regimen B	0.54 ± 0.05	0.55 ± 0.06	0.83 ± 0.04

CRP C-reactive protein, VEGF vascular endothelial growth factor, RI resistance index

^aCompared with that before the first stage (P = 0.032)

^bCompared with that before the first stage (P = 0.230)

^cCompared with that before the first stage (P = 0.120)

^dCompared with that before the first stage (P < 0.001)