Exercise Training, Lymphocyte Subsets and Their Cytokines Production: Experience of an Italian Professional Football Team and Their Impact on Allergy

Table 2

Cytokines producing lymphocytes (percentage)∗.

	1st sample	𝑃^§ (1st-2nd)	2nd sample	𝑃^§ (2nd-3rd)	3rd sample	𝑃^§ (1st–3rd)
IL-2	22.80 (14.80–26.65)	0.001	11.63 (9.57–15.39)	0.001	16.20 (12.20–20.25)	0.018
TNF-𝛼	31.00 (24.05–39.05)	0.107	25.88 (20.01–31.08)	0.015	29.75 (22.65–33.75)	0.184
IFN-𝛾	12.30 (10.10–15.70)	0.445	12.30 (9.33–15.23)	0.008	14.70 (10.90–18.35)	0.569
IL-4	4.19 (3.03–5.70)	0.014	3.23 (2.21–3.51)	0.001	2.45 (1.68–2.98)	0.001

∗Data are expressed in medians (interquartile range).
§Wilcoxon Signed Ranks Test.