Table 3.

Levels of serum inflammatory factors before and after treatment in two groups (x̅ ± sd)

Groups	hs-CRP (mg/L)	TNF-α (ng/L)	IL-8 (ng/L)
Observation group (n=45)
Before treatment	2.97±0.68	167.55±20.03	3.23±1.20
After treatment	1.03±0.35a,b	103.39±13.22a,b	1.44±0.64a,b
Control group (n=44)
Before treatment	2.88±0.73	166.97±18.94	3.55±1.38
After treatment	1.84±0.40a	124.56±14.20a	2.30±0.79a

Note: hs-CRP: high sensitivity C-reactive protein; TNF-α: tumor necrosis factor; IL-8: interleukin-8.

Compared with those before treatment;

^aP<0.05.

Compared with the control group;

^bP<0.05.