Table 4: Significance of differences ( value) in histopathological variables between treatments.

Absorbance Mucosal thickness (mm) PAS-stained area (%) 1st day 4th day 1st day 4th day 1st day 4th day sTNFRI versus antibiotic 0.191 0.001* 0.519 0.008* 0.287 0.819 Antibiotic versus sTNFRI + antibiotic 0.096 0.001* 0.305 0.022* 0.197 0.873 sTNFRI versus sTNFRI + antibiotic 0.489 0.743 0.624 0.659 0.528 0.987

*Significant ().