Colchicine ameliorates the chronic inflammatory state in patients with chronic rheumatic valvular heart disease: a pilot study

The Egyptian Heart Journal

Table 5 P value using post hoc analysis by LSD method for comparing IL6 and CRP levels in the 3 penicillin regimens

	15 Vs 21	15 Vs 30	21 Vs 30
CRP level before starting colchicine (IU/ml)	0.701 (NS)	0.002	0.005
CRP level after 1 month of regular colchicine intake (IU/ml)	0.416 (NS)	0.001	0.004
IL6 level before starting colchicine (ng/L)	0.158 (NS)	0.016	0.167 (NS)*
IL6 level after 1 month of regular colchicine intake (ng/L)	0.085 (NS)	0.020	0.296 (NS)*

CRP C-reactive protein, IL-6 interleukin-6
*(NS) = P value > 0.05. One-way ANOVA test followed by post hoc analysis by LSD test