Efficacy and Safety of Ganduqing Granules in Treating the Common Cold: A Multicenter, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial

Table 5

Levels of IL-6, TNF-α, SOD, and MDA in the peripheral blood.

Indicators	Group	Means ± standard deviation (the difference between the values measured before and after treatment)	Least squares mean (the difference between the values measured before and after treatment) and 95% CI	t-test
				t value	value
IL-6	Intervention group	12.62 ± 30.04	6.88 (2.00–11.77)	2.83	0.007
	Placebo group	4.02 ± 10.20
TNF-α	Intervention group	134.35 ± 100.59	7.85 (2.10–17.81)	1.58	0.120
	Placebo group	126.23 ± 104.11
SOD	Intervention group	36.18 ± 55.49	26.14 (2.14–50.14)	2.19	0.033
	Placebo group	11.68 ± 30.33
MDA	Intervention group	6.12 ± 16.19	3.51 (2.53–9.55)	1.17	0.248
	Placebo group	4.28 ± 9.13