Tear inflammation related indexes after cataract surgery in elderly patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

Table 4 Comparison of interleukin-6 and interleukin-20 levels in the tears of two groups of patients at different time points

Time	IL-6 (pg/mL)				IL-20 (pg/mL)
	Group A	Group B	t value	P value	Group A	Group B	t value	P value
Preoperative	42.84 ± 1.49	29.89 ± 1.09	22.33	0.000	579.90 ± 13.89	533.15 ± 10.9	2.78	0.021
1 d	42.77 ± 1.18	30.17 ± 1.11	24.65	0.000	576.82 ± 10.67	535.13 ± 16.38	2.39	0.024
3 d	48.11 ± 2.01	33.79 ± 1.08	19.90	0.000	587.52 ± 7.62	534.28 ± 17.92	2.91	0.037
1 wk	53.85 ± 1.24	42.97 ± 0.52	25.76	0.000	578.75 ± 13.9	539.97 ± 11.95	2.50	0.038
2 wk	49.58 ± 2.02	37.82 ± 1.55	14.63	0.000	579.08 ± 11.15	534.64 ± 13.27	2.67	0.035
3 wk	42.64 ± 1.43	31.44 ± 1.57	16.73	0.000	702.67 ± 35.3	679.85 ± 26.2	2.62	0.032
4 wk	35.82 ± 1.14	29.79 ± 0.81	13.70	0.000	619.55 ± 60.04	570.05 ± 15.94	2.43	0.036

IL: Interleukin.