Modified Pingwei Baohe decoction improves postoperative recovery in gastric cancer patients

Table 2 Within-group comparisons of cytokine levels (mean ± SD, ng/L)

Group	Cytokine	Before intervention	After intervention	t value	P value
Observation group (n = 28)	IL-6	35.18 ± 9.67	9.81 ± 2.19	13.540	0.000
	IL-4	6.58 ± 0.31	0.74 ± 0.06	97.869	0.000
	IL-2	4.25 ± 0.82	0.55 ± 0.13	23.582	0.000
	IL-17A	10.29 ± 0.56	3.25 ± 1.03	31.775	0.000
	IFN-γ	5.36 ± 0.49	0.69 ± 0.17	47.645	0.000
	TNF-α	3.07 ± 0.51	1.71 ± 0.42	10.893	0.000
	IL-10	6.37 ± 0.25	1.31 ± 0.32	65.934	0.000
Control group (n = 27)	IL-6	35.72 ± 9.43	32.35 ± 9.91	1.280	0.206
	IL-4	6.63 ± 0.08	4.02 ± 0.74	18.221	0.000
	IL-2	4.53 ± 0.67	1.96 ± 0.21	19.019	0.000
	IL-17A	10.34 ± 0.23	8.15 ± 0.84	13.066	0.000
	IFN-γ	5.51 ± 0.73	2.58 ± 0.28	19.473	0.000
	TNF-α	3.24 ± 0.18	2.73 ± 0.33	7.050	0.000
	IL-10	6.51 ± 0.79	3.59 ± 0.91	12.591	0.000