Table 1.

Systemic inflammatory cytokines expressions in serum of septic rats (mean ± SD)

	TNF-α^	IL-1β^	IL-10^
SHAM	6.03 ± 1.34	15.23 ± 2.12	16.78 ± 1.05
SHAM + HRS	6.02 ± 2.72	15.46 ± 2.50	16.57 ± 2.09
LPS	18.65 ± 7.20*	30.44 ± 9.15*	9.25 ± 2.89*
LPS + HRS	8.64 ± 0.86#	18.35 ± 1.45#	14.31 ± 2.01#

HRS Hydrogen-rich saline, LPS Lipopolysaccharide, TNF-α Tumour necrosis factor alpha, IL-1β Interleukin-1 beta, IL-10 Interleukin 10

^ Measured in pg/ml; Data are presented as mean ± SD (n = 6)

*p < .0.05 vs. Sham group

#p < 0.05 vs. LPS group