Effects of large dose of dexamethasone on inflammatory mediators and pancreatic cell apoptosis of rats with severe acute pancreatitis

Table 3 Comparison of different indexes level in blood [M (Q_R)]

Index	Sham operation group			Model group			Dexamethasone treated group
	3 h	6 h	12 h	3 h	6 h	12 h	3 h	6 h	12 h
Amylase	2038	2117	1725	7423	8149	9195	6739	7839	7791b
(U/L)	(346)	(324)	(434)	(2275)	(1540)	(1298)	(2310)	(2258)	(1863)
Endotoxin	0.015	0.015	0.016	0.035	0.055	0.056	0.03	0.040b	0.042b
(EU/mL)	(0.007)	(0.007)	(0.005)	(0.017)	(0.025)	(0.0195)	(0.014)	(0.012)	(0.018)
TNF-α	3.3	4.9	3.7	46.125	77.535	67.301	38.4	58.3a	38.7a
(ng/L)	(3.6)	(2.6)	(2.3)	(37.954)	(42.157)	(32.1315)	(26.6)	(26.4)	(28.5)
IL-6	1.75	1.75	1.48	4.87	6.65	5.65	3.31b	3.17b	3.36b
(ng/L)	(0.65)	(1.04)	(0.57)	(1.38)	(1.45)	(1.08)	(1.38)	(1.28)	(1.56)

^aP < 0.05,

^bP < 0.01, dexamethasone treated group vs model group.