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Table 3

Comparison of HIF-1α and Bcl-2 positive rates and TNF-α levels before and after treatment in the two groups of patients (%).

Groups	n	HIF-1α		Bcl-2		TNF-α (μg/L)
		Before treatment	After treatment	Before treatment	After treatment	Before treatment	After treatment
Study group	143	132	14	130	12	45.34 ± 4.76	19.36 ± 4.10
Control group	143	129	45	131	47	44.82 ± 4.39	26.39 ± 5.62
X^2/t		0.154	4.871	0.206	4.570	0.332	6.728
P		0.675	0.022	0.681	0.039	0723	0.0001

Note: means compared with corresponding values before treatment, .