Table 4.

Comparison of the changes in levels of inflammatory factors between the two groups before and after treatment (x̅ ± s)

Group	hs-CRP (mg/L)		PCT (ng/L)
	Before treatment	After treatment	Before treatment	After treatment
Control group (n=46)	45.29±6.34	33.83±2.65*	1.92±0.34	1.17±0.15*
Observation group (n=46)	46.87±5.93	21.17±2.48*	1.95±0.29	0.61±0.14*
t	1.2344	23.6577	0.4553	18.5108
P	0.2203	<0.0001	0.6500	<0.0001

Note: Compared with before treatment;

^* P<0.05.