Modified Pingwei Baohe decoction improves postoperative recovery in gastric cancer patients

Table 1 Between-group comparisons of laboratory parameters (mean ± SD, ng/L)

Group		Observation group (n = 28)	Control group (n = 27)	t value	P value
IL-6	Before intervention	35.18 ± 9.67	35.72 ± 9.43	0.100	0.835
	After intervention	9.81 ± 2.19a	32.35 ± 9.91a	11.745	0.000
IL-4	Before intervention	6.58 ± 0.31	6.63 ± 0.08	0.812	0.420
	After intervention	0.74 ± 0.06a	4.02 ± 0.74a	23.383	0.000
IL-2	Before intervention	4.25 ± 0.82	4.53 ± 0.67	1.384	0.172
	After intervention	0.55 ± 0.13a	1.96 ± 0.21a	30.060	0.000
IL-17A	Before intervention	10.29 ± 0.56	10.34 ± 0.23	0.430	0.669
	After intervention	3.25 ± 1.03a	8.15 ± 0.84a	19.294	0.000
IFN-γ	Before intervention	5.36 ± 0.49	5.51 ± 0.73	0.898	0.373
	After intervention	0.69 ± 0.17a	2.58 ± 0.28a	30.385	0.000
TNF-α	Before intervention	3.07 ± 0.51	3.24 ± 0.18	1.636	0.108
	After intervention	1.71 ± 0.42a	2.73 ± 0.33a	9.990	0.000
IL-10	Before intervention	6.37 ± 0.25	6.51 ± 0.79	0.893	0.376
	After intervention	1.31 ± 0.32a	3.59 ± 0.91a	12.458	0.000

^aP < 0.05 vs before intervention.