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

Table 8

Comparison (nonparametric statistical analysis) of serum cytokine levels.

Variable	Group	Expected value under H0	Std. dev. under H0	Mean score	-value	value
IL-10	EAP group	1,463	96.26	40.43	0.7584	0.2241
	Placebo group	1,463	96.26	36.57
IL-6	EAP group	1,463	96.24	39.86	0.5299	0.2981
	Placebo group	1,463	96.24	37.14
IL-8	EAP group	1,463	96.26	36.58	-0.7532	0.2257
	Placebo group	1,463	96.26	40.42
TNF-α	EAP group	1,463	96.20	39.64	0.447	0.3275
	Placebo group	1,463	96.20	37.36

A Wilcoxon’s rank-sum test was used for variables that do not follow normality.