Effects of bottle gourd moxibustion combined with umbilical therapy for cancer-related incomplete bowel obstruction on inflammatory cytokine levels

Table 10 Comparison of inflammatory cytokine levels between two groups (3 weeks after treatment), mean ± SD

Parameters	Regular group (n = 57)	BGM-UT group (n = 52)	t	P value
IL-6 (pg/mL)	33.02 ± 7.15	29.45 ± 6.98	2.632	0.010
TNF-α (pg/mL)	50.12 ± 11.23	45.23 ± 9.78	2.412	0.018
CRP (mg/L)	26.14 ± 6.45	22.56 ± 6.21	2.944	0.004

IL-6: Interleukin-6; TNF-α: Tumor necrosis factor-α; CRP: C-reactive protein; BGM-UT: Bottle gourd moxibustion combined with umbilical therapy.