Treatment Efficacy of Chuang Ling Ye, a Traditional Chinese Herbal Medicine Compound, on Idiopathic Granulomatous Mastitis: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Table 5

Comparing the levels of inflammatory factors between the two groups.

Inflammatory factor (pg/ml)		Control group	CLY group	Estimated group difference (95% confidence interval)
TNF-α	Day 1	248.34 ± 53.56	243.8 ± 78.15		0.831
	Day 15	264.19 ± 95.67	159.48 ± 72.25	−85.47 (−149.65, −21.28)	0.012
	Day 29	200.20 ± 76.81	110.95 ± 56.91	−81.59 (−156.45, −6.73)	0.035
IFN-γ	Day 1	36.95 ± 15.42	50.41 ± 37.06		0.145
	Day 15	36.81 ± 15.64	32.00 ± 27.46	−18.27 (−41.20, 4.65)	0.112
	Day 29	38.8 ± 23.53	16.35 ± 11.1	−45.78 (−68.58, −22.97)	0.001
IL-1β	Day 1	767.11 ± 235.88	763.43 ± 176.21		0.956
	Day 15	705.1 ± 205.51	370.56 ± 177.94	−0.50 (−1.25, 0.25)	0.180
	Day 29	723.8 ± 198.57	248.47 ± 119.62	−1.10 (−1.79, -0.41)	0.004
IL-2	Day 1	224.91 ± 97.41	234.56 ± 93.62		0.751
	Day 15	167.79 ± 124.42	111.96 ± 87.89	−65.48 (−159.64, 28.69)	0.162
	Day 29	114.05 ± 64.86	48.47 ± 27.53	−89.27 (−181.55, 3.02)	0.057
IL-6	Day 1	144.42 ± 47.67	132.38 ± 60.68		0.489
	Day 15	88.06 ± 39.60	66.34 ± 38.2	−9.67 (−50.02, 30.67)	0.622
	Day 29	50.64 ± 20.12	36.91 ± 16.54	−0.65 (−49.53, 48.23)	0.978