Clinical research on navel application of Shehuang Paste combined with Chinese herbal colon dialysis in treatment of refractory cirrhotic ascites complicated with azotemia

Table 5 Pre- and Post-treatment changes of endotoxin, NO and ET-1 (mean ± SD)

Groups	n	Endotoxin (ng/L)		NO (μmol/L)	ET-1 (ng/L)
Comprehensive	29	Before	96.71 ± 28.82	15.82 ± 6.41	44.36 ± 7.14
		After	70.56 ± 27.34bd	11.11 ± 6.02ac	33.87 ± 8.95bc
Simple	24	Before	95.27 ± 29.12	15.11 ± 6.99	45.59 ± 7.46
		After	80.69 ± 26.44ac	11.63 ± 6.15ac	36.67 ± 8.58bc
Controls	22	Before	95.34 ± 30.22	15.65 ± 7.34	41.13 ± 8.25
		After	90.14 ± 32.38	14.23 ± 7.03	39.12 ± 8.46

P < 0.05,

^aPre- and post- treatment comparison,

^bP < 0.01;

^ccomparison between groups, P < 0.05,

^dP < 0.01.