Effect of Berberine Hydrochloride on the Diversity of Intestinal Flora in Parkinson’s Disease Patients

Table 2

Comparison of the levels of inflammatory factors between the observation and control groups ( ±s, μg/L).

Group	IL-8		IL-6		TNF-α
	Before treatment	After treatment	Before treatment	After treatment	Before treatment	After treatment
Observation (n = 34)	62.26 ± 10.26	42.35 ± 10.24	58.26 ± 13.65	33.98 ± 11.21	25.62 ± 6.98	14.36 ± 4.29
Control (n = 34)	60.29 ± 11.57	47.88 ± 10.25	59.32 ± 14.27	40.26 ± 12.20	26.54 ± 7.01	16.23 ± 4.54
t	0.743	2.226	0.313	2.210	0.542	2.307
	0.460	0.030	0.755	0.031	0.589	0.023

 < 0.05 vs. the same group before treatment.