Table 4 |
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Granulocyte phagocytosis and oxidative burst activity before and after two-months of cereal ingestion (mean ± SD)* |
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Variable Mean flourescence channel |
Pre-study |
Post-study |
Treatment interaction p-value |
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Oxidative burst activity (DCF+ Granulocytes) |
0.184 |
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Low |
192 ± 65 |
136 ± 58 |
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Medium |
184 ± 79 |
171 ± 119 |
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High |
213 ± 77 |
141 ± 66 |
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Phagocytosis (FITC+ Granulocytes) |
0.564 |
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Low |
459 ± 92 |
424 ± 84 |
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Medium |
426 ± 109 |
447 ± 170 |
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High |
442 ± 108 |
431 ± 93 |
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* Low (N = 23), medium (N = 20), high (N = 19) = level of nutrient fortification of the cereal product. DCF = dichlorofluorescein; FITC = fluorescein isothiocyanate. |
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Nieman et al. Nutrition Journal 2011 10:36 doi:10.1186/1475-2891-10-36 |
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