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Table 4 Comparison of the pre- and postoperative inflammatory indices of the study patients

From: A prospective, randomized, controlled study of ω-3 fish oil fat emulsion-based parenteral nutrition for patients following surgical resection of gastric tumors

Indices

Preoperative

Postoperative

Study group

Control group

P

Study group

Control group

P

WBC

5.26 ± 3.09

4.76 ± 1.37

0.331

7.42 ± 2.79

5.95 ± 1.46*

0.025 *

CRP

3.98 ± 2.17

5.64 ± 9.83

0.269

30.90 ± 31.17*

33.62 ± 7.36*

0.733

IL-1β

201.51 ± 16.06

196.38 ± 21.90

0.422

302.32 ± 37.61*

332.61 ± 35.34*

0.011 *

IL-6

15.53 ± 61.57

16.56 ± 62.04

0.950

14.35 ± 45.95

48.25 ± 67.49*

0.007 *

TNF-α

15.31 ± 52.61

19.77 ± 52.38

0.889

12.05 ± 60.31

53.56 ± 75.23*

0.005 *

  1. CRP. C-reactive protein; WBC, white blood cells.
  2. *Indicates significant difference vs. the preoperative value in the same group.