Effect of Moxibustion on β-EP and Dyn Levels of Pain-Related Indicators in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis

Table 3

Changes of contents of TNF-α, IL-1β, β-EP, and Dyn.

Outcome measures	Treatment group (n = 30)	Control group (n = 31)	value
TNF-α (pg/mL), mean (SD)
Baseline	25.41 (12.01)	27.29 (14.45)	0.58
Posttherapy	20.04 (10.14)	25.45 (15.60)	0.045
IL-1β (pg/mL), mean (SD)
Baseline	30.54 (13.97)	29.55 (14.66)	0.79
Posttherapy	24.39 (11.76)	28.26 (15.02)	0.031
β-EP (pg/mg), mean (SD)
Baseline	11.42 (6.07)	12.84 (7.09)	0.41
Posttherapy	15.36 (10.56)	13.60 (8.68)	0.043
Dyn (pg/mg), mean (SD)
Baseline	63.56 (35.85)	61.44 (25.20)	0.79
Posttherapy	78.30 (43.30)	65.54 (26.81)	0.042

value by independent samples t-test.