Clinical therapeutic effect of self-prescribed Sanhanchushi Tongbi on lumbar disc herniation

Table 5 Comparison of interleukin-6, tumor necrosis factor-α and C-reactive protein levels

Group	n	IL-6 (μg/L)		TNF-α (ng/L)		CRP (mg/L)
		Before treatment	After treatment	Before treatment	After treatment	Before treatment	After treatment
Observation group	104	134.25 ± 7.34	90.24 ± 5.25	2.88 ± 0.25	1.05 ± 0.12	24.32 ± 3.58	9.24 ± 2.64
Control group	107	133.55 ± 7.28	109.62 ± 6.77	2.86 ± 0.22	1.36 ± 0.34	24.28 ± 3.44	14.68 ± 2.97
t value		0.695	23.191	0.617	8.878	0.082	14.048
P value		> 0.05	< 0.05	> 0.05	< 0.05	> 0.05	< 0.05

IL-6: Interleukin-6; TNF-α: Tumor necrosis factor-α; CRP: C-reactive protein.