Effects of recombinant human growth hormone on rat septic shock with intraabdominal infection by E. coli

Table 3 Effects of rhGH on the concentrations of plasma en-dotoxin and TNFα in rat septic shock

Time	Endotoxin (U·L-1)			TNFα (μg·L-1)
	Group C	Group S	Group T	Group C	Group S	Group T
1 d		256 ± 52a	150 ± 39bc		3.59 ± 0.69b	3.66 ± 1.33b
	111 ± 53			2.88 ± 0.74
3 d		189 ± 52a	108 ± 42d		2.23 ± 1.09	1.54 ± 0.36ad

^aP < 0.01,

^bP < 0.05, vs group C;

^cP < 0.01,vs group S in 1 d;

^dP < 0.01, vs group S in 3 d.