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Table 5 The levels of inflammatory cytokines before and after treatment

From: Polyglycolic acid sutures embedded in abdominal acupoints for treatment of simple obesity in adults: a randomized control trial

 

PASET group

Control group

Before treatment

After treatment

p value

Before treatment

After treatment

p value

TNF-α

162.76 (81.42, 201.17)

141.21* (81.31, 177.83)

0.049

157.46 (125.20, 162.94)

165.74 (133.96, 196.16)

0.116

IL-1β

174.45 (159.24, 304.91)

158.29* (132.72, 264.89)

0.023

175.96 (151.64, 211.33)

175.39 (155.83, 220.14)

0.683

IL-18

168.41 (127.39, 224.13)

179.73 (163.96, 237.69)

0.173

173.54 (107.40, 185.49)

141.97 (114.68, 190.74)

0.173

IL-6

181.41 (156.72, 272.76)

143.44 (95.14, 257.74)

0.134

142.52 (92.31, 192.52)

177.40 (92.87, 263.68)

0.158

MCP-1

220.44 (184.65, 320.10)

192.85 (180.33, 286.42)

0.796

194.04 (185.92, 233.25)

236.83 (178.53, 252.78)

0.084

  1. Statistical significant difference between before and after treatment in each group (* p < 0.05)