Group

TNF-α (ng/l)

hs-CRP (mg/l)

VCAM-1 (mg/l)

Before treatment

After treatment

Before treatment

After treatment

Before treatment

After treatment

Study group (n = 42)

188.81 ± 19.03

122.37 ± 21.30^a

128.40 ± 26.23

35.00 ± 6.80^a

2.95 ± 0.76

1.62 ± 0.45^a

Control group (n = 42)

186.28 ± 19.08

144.21 ± 23.05^a

132.01 ± 24.08

67.71 ± 5.56^a

2.84 ± 0.76

2.18 ± 0.49^a

t value

0.609

4.509

0.656

24.129

0.672

5.474

P value

0.544

<0.001

0.514

<0.001

0.504

<0.001