Clinical Efficacy of Huangkui Capsule Plus Methylprednisolone for Immunoglobulin A Nephropathy and Its Effect on Renal Function and Serum Inflammatory Factors

Table 4

Inflammatory factor levels ( ± s).

Indices	Timepoint	Observation (n = 40)	Experimental (n = 40)	t-value	-value
TNF-α (ng/L)	Before treatment	41.57 ± 7.39	41.62 ± 7.43	−0.03	0.976
	After treatment	37.74 ± 7.68	15.69 ± 6.21	14.12	<0.001
IL-6 (ng/L)	Before treatment	38.82 ± 7.11	38.68 ± 7.19	0.088	0.93
	After treatment	36.31 ± 5.76	17.68 ± 5.88	14.315	<0.001
MCP-1 (ng/L)	Before treatment	152.78 ± 16.84	151.67 ± 16.49	0.298	0.766
	After treatment	126.24 ± 15.33	102.09 ± 15.48	7.011	<0.001