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Table 1 Serum monocyte chemotactic protein-1 and glutathione peroxidase of patients in the two groups before and after surgery (mean ± SD)

Group	MCP-1 (pg/mL)		t	P value	GSH-Px (pg/mL)		t	P value
	Pre-operation	Post-operation			Pre-operation	Post-operation
Experimental group (n = 49)	146.23 ± 10.05	215.25 ± 10.11	34.229	< 0.001	1939.65 ± 10.14	1823.21 ± 10.15	55.053	< 0.001
Control group (n = 47)	145.61 ± 10.21	554.41 ± 10.23	205.944	< 0.001	1941.54 ± 10.09	1642.17 ± 10.57	144.328	< 0.001
t	0.129	163.359	-	-	0.915	85.602	-	-
P value	0.898	< 0.001	-	-	0.362	< 0.001	-	-

MCP-1: Monocyte chemotactic protein-1; GSH-Px: Glutathione peroxidase.