The Value of Safflower Yellow Injection for the Treatment of Acute Cerebral Infarction: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Table 4

Comparison of serum levels of TNF-α, IL-1β, and IL-6 before and after treatment between 2 groups ().

Variables	Control group		Safflower Yellow Injection group
	= 31		= 66
	Pretreatment	Posttreatment	Pretreatment	Posttreatment
TNF-α	39.45 ± 5.62	40.24 ± 1.55	39.82 ± 4.71	30.85 ± 3.10^*#
IL-1β	44.16 ± 4.32	40.07 ± 1.44	44.69 ± 4.24	28.85 ± 1.68^*#
IL-6	669.92 ± 61.93	711.28 ± 31.86	689.88 ± 48.92	558.82 ± 38.03^*#

Data are expressed as mean ± S.D., , compared with the pretreatment, , compared with control group.