Therapeutic efficacy of high-dose vitamin C on acute pancreatitis and its potential mechanisms

Table 6 Comparison of cytokines between treatment and control groups before and after therapy (¯x±s)

	Treatment group (n = 40)		Control group (n = 44)
	Before therapy	After therapy	Before therapy	After therapy
SIL-2R (pmol/L)	221.67 ± 87.30	118.37 ± 43.68a	196.52 ± 63.28	178.84 ± 30.56
TNF-α (pmol/L)	3.65 ± 1.25	1.52 ± 0.78b	3.99 ± 1.34	2.46 ± 1.04
IL-6 (pmol/L)	95.58 ± 18.64	39.53 ± 10.36b	89.22 ± 12.03	59.83 ± 9.48
IL-8 (pmol/L)	273.49 ± 88.50	127.35 ± 49.86a	261.47 ± 64.97	198.31 ± 28.50
CRP (mg/L)	19.19 ± 9.37	8.70 ± 4.65	17.56 ± 5.62	9.42 ± 5.84

Before therapy: P > 0.05 for each index in the two group. After therapy: AP < 0.05,

^bP < 0.01 vs treatment and control groups.