Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

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Exploratory Compatibility Regularity of Traditional Chinese Medicine on Osteoarthritis Treatment: A Data Mining and Random Walk-Based Identification

Table 5

Improvement of immune-inflammatory indices.


Index	Control group		Experimental group
Index	Z₀	value	Z₁	value	value

ESR (mm/h)	−25.59	≤0.001	−37.85	≤0.001	≤0.001
CRP (mg/L)	−33.98	≤0.001	−48.04	≤0.001	≤0.001
IgA (g/L)	−14.54	≤0.012	−19.10	≤0.001	≤0.001
IgM (g/L)	−2.50	≤0.001	−5.25	≤0.001	0.242
IgG (g/L)	−17.92	≤0.001	−66.13	≤0.001	≤0.001
C3 (g/L)	−15.09	≤0.001	−22.79	≤0.001	≤0.001
C4 (g/L)	−24.81	≤0.001	−30.30	≤0.001	≤0.001

Note: ESR: erythrocyte sedimentation rate; CRP: C-reactive protein; IgA: immunoglobulin A; IgM: immunoglobulin M; IgG: immunoglobulin G; C3: complement C3; C4: complement C4. Z₀ represents the standardized test statistics before and after treatment in the control group. represents the comparison of the control group before and after treatment. Z₁ represents the standardized test statistics before and after treatment in the experimental group. represents the comparison of the experimental group before and after treatment. represents comparison between both groups after treatment.