Electroacupuncture Improves Intestinal Dysfunction in Septic Patients: A Randomised Controlled Trial

Table 4

Levels of serum inflammatory factors at different points in each group (±).

		Group control; (n=36)	Group treatment; (n=35)	P-Value
PCT (ng/ml)	Baseline	7.45±3.41	6.98±3.45	0.563
	Day 1	5.34±2.99^#	3.75±2.45^#	0.017
	Day 3	3.39±	2.01±	0.014
	Day 7	2.90±	1.54±	0.002
TNF-α(pg/ml)	Baseline	93.64±27.67	94.33±29.87	0.921
	Day 1	85.22±25.59	58.81±20.63^#	0.001
	Day 3	67.74±30.66^#	33.64±	0.001
	Day 7	34.13±	19.68±	0.001

PCT: procalcitonin; TNF: tumor necrosis factor.
# P<0.05 relative to baseline;   P<0.05 relative to day 1; and   P<0.05 relative to day 3.