Effect of Dendrobium nobile powder combined with conventional therapy on mild to moderate fatty liver

Table 6 Serum inflammatory factors before and after treatment in patients in group 5 (n = 40, mean ± SD)

Group	TNF-α (ng/L)		IL-1β (pg/mL)		IL-8 (μg/L)
	Before treatment	After 8 weeks of treatment	Before treatment	After 8 weeks of treatment	Before treatment	After 8 weeks of treatment
Observation group	12.05 ± 2.28	9.03 ± 2.081	59.87 ± 5.16	44.13 ± 4.651	28.71 ± 5.24	19.06 ± 3.361
Control group	12.47 ± 2.19	11.58 ± 2.062	58.86 ± 6.31	55.26 ± 5.092	27.98 ± 5.54	23.68 ± 4.462
t value	0.840	5.509	0.784	10.210	0.605	5.233
P value	0.403	< 0.0001a	0.436	< 0.0001a	0.547	< 0.0001a

^aP < 0.05.

¹P Defined compared with the observation group before treatment.

²P Defined compared with the control group before treatment.

TNF: Tumor necrosis factor; IL: Interleukin.