Preoperatively 6 h postoperatively 24 h postoperatively 72 h postoperatively IL-10              Hb 7.7 group   1.24 ± 2.77 54.36 ± 17.21 15.83 ± 13.22 6.33 ± 11.59      Hb 9.9  group   3.86 ± 8.48 46.83 ± 22.94 49.82 ± 29.07 * 11.39 ± 21.70         95% CI      -8.54 to 3.30 -11.52 to 26.58 -55.21 to -12.77 -21.41 to 11.29 IL-6               Hb 7.7 group 4.34 ± 2.87 11.26 ± 0.76 11.56 ± 0.42 11.83 ± 0.44       Hb 9.9 group 5.50 ± 3.74 11.40 ± 0.58 11.27 ± 0.55 11.37 ± 1.06         95% CI -4.30 to 1.97 -0.77 to 0.50 -0.16 to 0.75 -0.30 to 1.22 TNFα               Hb 7.7 group 2.12  ± 0.76 2.07 ± 0.88 2.36 ± 1.07 2.84 ± 0.96       Hb 9.9 group 1.64 ± 0.53 1.50 ± 0.63 2.08 ± 0.47 1.65± 0.51 *          95% CI -0.14 to 1.09 -0.14 to 1.29 -0.49 to 1.06 0.45 to 1.90 Values are mean ± SD and 95% CI of the difference in means. For the IL-10 measurements: p < 0.001 for the effect of time and p < 0.001 for group by time interaction; *p < 0.05 for intergroup comparison. For the IL-6 measurements P < 0.001 for the effect of time; p = 0.462 for group by time interaction and p=0.746 for intergroup comparison. For the TNFα measurements P = 0.842 for the effect of time; p = 0.029 for group by time interaction and *p < 0.05 for intergroup comparison.

Table 3: Interleukin-10 (IL-10) (pg mL-1), Interleukin-6 (IL-6) (pg mL-1), and tumor necrosis factor α (TNFα) (pg mL-1) preoperatively, as well as 6, 24 and 72 hours after surgery.