a trend towards significancep ≤ 0.05
Regarding proinflammatory cytokines, IL-1β exhibited a trend towards significance that did not meet the p ≤ 0.05 threshold [F (3,8) = 3.054, p = 0.092, η 2 = 0.534, observed power = 0.495]; however, pairwise comparisons revealed a significant elevation in the CFA group compared to controls ( p = 0.027).