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

Table 3

Foundational statistics and homogeneity testing for compliance with ingesting test foods, subject age, number of days consuming alcoholic drinks, and quantity of alcoholic drinks.

Variable			EAP group		Placebo group		-value	value
			Mean	Std. dev.	Mean	Std. dev.
Compliance			93.82	6.73	94.81	6.09	0.66	0.5140
Age			46.42	10.09	48.86	9.89	1.04	0.3026
Drinking	Visit 1	No. of days drinking	1.78	1.06	2.00	1.00	0.64	0.5285
		Amount of drinks consumed (g alcohol)	68.36	54.28	70.41	84.55	0.09	0.9321
	Visit 3	Total no. of days drinking	9.74	5.72	10.05	8.38	0.14	0.8928
		Amount of drinks consumed (g alcohol)	415.50	350.80	407.70	402.60	-0.07	0.9484