Clinical Study

Gamma-Irradiated Bacille Calmette-Guérin Vaccination Does Not Modulate the Innate Immune Response during Experimental Human Endotoxemia in Adult Males

Table 1

Baseline characteristics.

Placebo (n = 10)Gamma-irradiated BCG (n = 10) value

Age, y20.0 (19.0–24.3)20.5 (19.8–22.0)0.82
Height, cm 183.0 (178.3–193.0)183.5 (178.8–189.8)0.91
Weight, kg80.8 (70.3–83.5)78.9 (76.4–93.4)0.58
BMI, kg/m222.7 (21.5–24.7)24.2 (23.1–25.8)0.09
Heart rate, bpm 66.0 (59.0–76.3)70.0 (64.8–82.0)0.30
MAP, mmHg97.0 (95.0–103.8)93.0 (89.5–99.3)0.14

BCG: Bacille Calmette-Guérin; BMI: body mass index; MAP: mean arterial pressure.
Data are represented as median (interquartile range). values calculated using Mann-Whitney tests.