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

Table 8 Comparison of inflammatory cytokine levels between two groups (baseline), mean ± SD

Parameters	Regular group (n = 57)	BGM-UT group (n = 52)	t	P value
IL-6 (pg/mL)	38.76 ± 8.41	39.24 ± 7.31	0.321	0.749
TNF-α (pg/mL)	59.62 ± 13.75	57.41 ± 15.43	0.792	0.430
CRP (mg/L)	31.65 ± 8.89	32.74 ± 9.12	0.632	0.529

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