Intestinal microbiota characteristics and dietary fiber intervention in patients undergoing endoscopic mucosa resection

Table 4 Systemic inflammatory response patterns post-endoscopic mucosa resection, mean ± SD

Inflammatory markers and response indices	Control group	Intervention group	P value
IL-6 (pg/mL)
Baseline	12.4 ± 2.1	12.3 ± 2.2	0.892
Peak value	28.6 ± 4.3	16.5 ± 3.1	< 0.01
TNF-α (pg/mL)
Baseline	8.7 ± 1.5	8.6 ± 1.4	0.875
Peak value	22.3 ± 3.6	14.2 ± 2.8	< 0.01
C-reactive protein (mg/L)
Baseline	3.2 ± 0.7	3.1 ± 0.6	0.784
Peak value	15.2 ± 3.4	9.7 ± 2.6	< 0.01
Inflammatory response indices
Inflammatory peak time (weeks)	2.0 ± 0.3	1.2 ± 0.2	< 0.01
Inflammatory range	0.76 ± 0.12	0.42 ± 0.09	< 0.01
Pro-inflammatory cytokines
Total pro-inflammatory cytokines	48.5 ± 6.2	32.7 ± 5.1	< 0.01
Anti-inflammatory cytokines	18.3 ± 3.1	26.4 ± 4.2	< 0.01
Inflammatory recovery time (days)	12.6 ± 2.1	7.8 ± 1.5	< 0.01

IL: Interleukin; TNF-α: Tumor necrosis factor-α.