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

Table 7

Foundational statistics and comparison between test groups in terms of serum cytokine levels.

Variable	Group	Mean	Std. dev.	-value	value
IFN-γ	EAP group	–1.12	6.57	0.36	0.6398
	Placebo group	–0.51	8.07
IL-1β	EAP group	0.52	2.28	–0.26	0.3987
	Placebo group	0.40	1.96
IL-10	EAP group	0.31	1.29	–0.81	0.2107
	Placebo group	–0.24	4.01
IL-6	EAP group	0.21	0.78	–0.93	0.1782
	Placebo group	0.01	1.07
IL-8	EAP group	–10.53	47.64	1.18	0.8772
	Placebo group	–1.36	5.00
TNF-α	EAP group	0.96	1.41	–0.69	0.2464
	Placebo group	0.74	1.31

Missing values were replaced with averages and used in the ITT group data analysis.