Research Article

Ingestion of Exopolymers from Aureobasidium pullulans Reduces the Duration of Cold and Flu Symptoms: A Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Intervention Study

Table 6

Comparison (nonparametric statistical analysis) of the median of the subjects’ blood test results.

VariableGroupExpected value under H0Std. dev. under H0Mean score-value value

White blood cellEAP group1,46396.2137.00–0.58720.2785
Placebo group1,46396.2140.00

BasophilEAP group1,46395.8340.130.64180.2605
Placebo group1,46395.8336.87

LymphocyteEAP group1,46396.2637.41–0.42590.3351
Placebo group1,46396.2639.60

Wilcoxon’s rank-sum test was used to analyze variables that did not follow normality.