Analyze interleukin-1β, interleukin-6, and tumor necrosis factor-α levels in dry eye and the therapeutic effect of cyclosporine A

Table 2 Inflammatory indicators in the study and control groups

Group	n	Time	IL-6 in pg/mL	TNF-α in ng/L	IL-1β in ng/L
Control group	62	Before treatment	152.34 ± 3.67	46.35 ± 2.09	42.42 ± 2.21
		Aftertreatment	89.43 ± 4.12a	28.43 ± 1.25a	23.25 ± 2.08a
Study group	62	Before treatment	154.11 ± 4.12	46.32 ± 2.31	42.15 ± 2.18
		After treatment	65.34 ± 3.19a,c	16.57 ± 1.11a,c	18.42 ± 1.84a,c

Data are mean ± standard deviation.

^aP < 0.05 vs before treatment.

^cP < 0.05 vs control group at the same time.

IL-1β: Interleukin-1β; IL-6: Interleukin-6; TNF-α: Tumor necrosis factor-alpha.