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Table 5 Growth factors (\( \overline{\mathrm{x}}\pm \mathrm{s} \))

From: Repairing effects of glucosamine sulfate in combination with etoricoxib on articular cartilages of patients with knee osteoarthritis

Item

Experimental group (n = 66)

Control group (n = 40)

t

P

TGF-β (μg/L)

 Before treatment

22.07 ± 2.16

21.93 ± 2.08

0.328

0.744

 After treatment

30.15 ± 3.04ab

25.42 ± 2.47a

8.313

0.000

IGF-1 (μg/L)

 Before treatment

83.41 ± 10.29

82.87 ± 9.83

0.266

0.791

 After treatment

95.72 ± 12.06ab

89.64 ± 11.25a

2.579

0.011

FGF-2 (ng/L)

 Before treatment

23.58 ± 2.47

24.01 ± 2.53

0.861

0.391

 After treatment

34.64 ± 3.59ab

28.39 ± 2.92a

9.298

0.000

  1. Compared with before treatment, aP < 0.05; compared with control group, bP < 0.05. FGF-2 fibroblast growth factor-2, IGF-1 insulin-like growth factor-1, TGF-β transforming growth factor-β