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

Table 9 Comparison of inflammatory cytokine levels between two groups (1 week after treatment), mean ± SD

Parameters	Regular group (n = 57)	BGM-UT group (n = 52)	t	P value
IL-6 (pg/mL)	35.56 ± 7.23	32.83 ± 7.12	1.986	0.050
TNF-α (pg/mL)	52.78 ± 12.36	48.35 ± 10.57	2.005	0.047
CRP (mg/L)	28.47 ± 6.58	25.86 ± 6.89	2.024	0.045

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