Table 4.
Comparison of interleukin-6 and interleukin-20 levels in the tears of two groups of patients at different time points
|
Time
|
IL-6 (pg/mL)
|
IL-20 (pg/mL)
|
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|
Group A
|
Group B
|
t
value
|
P
value
|
Group A
|
Group B
|
t
value
|
P
value
|
|
| Preoperative | 42.84 ± 1.49 | 29.89 ± 1.09 | 22.33 | 0.000 | 579.90 ± 13.89 | 533.15 ± 10.9 | 2.78 | 0.021 |
| 1 d | 42.77 ± 1.18 | 30.17 ± 1.11 | 24.65 | 0.000 | 576.82 ± 10.67 | 535.13 ± 16.38 | 2.39 | 0.024 |
| 3 d | 48.11 ± 2.01 | 33.79 ± 1.08 | 19.90 | 0.000 | 587.52 ± 7.62 | 534.28 ± 17.92 | 2.91 | 0.037 |
| 1 wk | 53.85 ± 1.24 | 42.97 ± 0.52 | 25.76 | 0.000 | 578.75 ± 13.9 | 539.97 ± 11.95 | 2.50 | 0.038 |
| 2 wk | 49.58 ± 2.02 | 37.82 ± 1.55 | 14.63 | 0.000 | 579.08 ± 11.15 | 534.64 ± 13.27 | 2.67 | 0.035 |
| 3 wk | 42.64 ± 1.43 | 31.44 ± 1.57 | 16.73 | 0.000 | 702.67 ± 35.3 | 679.85 ± 26.2 | 2.62 | 0.032 |
| 4 wk | 35.82 ± 1.14 | 29.79 ± 0.81 | 13.70 | 0.000 | 619.55 ± 60.04 | 570.05 ± 15.94 | 2.43 | 0.036 |
IL: Interleukin.