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Table 6.

Inflammation markers in the active arm and control arm.

	Prior treatment	Post treatment	P value^*	P value (Active vs Control)^#
	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD	Prior vs Post	Prior	Post
IL-6
Active arm	9.962 ± 6.408	6.674 ± 4.536	0.0046	0.9413	0.0033
Control arm	10.03 ± 6.506	10.08 ± 6.436	0.1317	0.9413	0.0033

CRP
Active arm	24.42 ± 28.45	14.43 ± 24.70	0.0134	0.7835	0.0205
Control arm	24.99 ± 28.68	25.30 ± 29.21	0.0729	0.7835	0.0205

TNF-α
Active arm	10.68 ± 23.38	8.777 ± 7.771	0.4930	0.7180	0.6782
Control arm	8.827 ± 10.35	8.963 ± 10.34	0.1012	0.7180	0.6782

^*#

T test was used when data of the two group fit the normal distribution, and Wilcoxon test was used when data didn’t conform to the normal distribution; P < 0.05 indicates statistically significant difference.