Effects of Metformin on Renal Function, Cardiac Function, and Inflammatory Response in Diabetic Nephropathy and Its Protective Mechanism

Table 4

Comparison of inflammatory responses in patients ().

Groups		hs-CRP (mg/L)		TNF-α (ng/L)		IL-6 (pg/mL)
		Before treatment	After treatment	Before treatment	After treatment	Before treatment	After treatment
Study group	44
Control group	44
	—	0.128	-8.362	-0.235	-16.333	-0.131	-19.918
	—	0.898	<0.001	0.815	<0.001	0.896	<0.001

Note: compared with before treatment within the same group, .