Bifidobacterium lactis Ameliorates the Risk of Food Allergy in Chinese Children by Affecting Relative Percentage of Treg and Th17 Cells
Table 4
Clinical characteristics.
Parameters
BG
CG
χ2 and t value
value
Gender, male/female
72/56
76/52
0.256
0.613
Age, yr
10.89 ± 3.26
10.23 ± 2.78
−1.313
0.109
Body mass index, weight (kg)/height2 (m2)
24.67 ± 4.18
24.13 ± 3.95
0.689
0.412
Allergy symptoms
Rash, grades
2.51 ± 1.36
2.62 ± 1.43
−0.718
0.362
Eczema, scores
32.70 ± 11.26
30.54 ± 12.03
−0.964
0.358
Abdominal cramps/pain, scores
22.11 ± 9.34
24.26 ± 8.73
0.648
0.723
Vomiting, grades
1.22 ± 0.87
1.14 ± 0.79
0.452
0.612
IgE (μg/ml)
10.23 ± 5.18
10.36 ± 5.31
0.246
0.482
Note. BG, the patients received B. lactis treatment; CG, the patients received solution without B. lactis treatment. n=128 for each group. All data were presented as mean ± SD (standard derivation). The statistical difference was significant if when compared with the control group.
