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phagocytosis of opsonized E coli |
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| Control (n = 31) |
Colostrum (n = 33) |
Micronutrients (n = 31) |
Colostrum + Micronutrients (n = 35) |
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| Granulocytes (% of leukocytes) |
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| Baseline |
47.9 (44.5 – 51.2) |
49.1 (45.8 – 52.3) |
49.7 (46.3 – 53.0) |
52.4 (49.3 – 55.6) |
| Week 6 |
49.5 (46.3 – 52.7) |
49.5 (46.4 – 52.6) |
50.0 (46.8 – 53.3) |
50.4 (47.3 – 53.4) |
| Difference week 0–6 |
1.63 (-1.4 – 4.71) |
0.45 (-2.5 – 3.43) |
0.39 (-2.7 – 3.49) |
-2.1 (-4.9 – 0.84) |
| Positive granulocytes (% of total granulocytes) |
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| Baseline |
65.6 (62.5 – 68.6) |
63.1 (60.2 – 66.0) |
64.9 (61.8 – 67.9) |
65.2 (62.4 – 68.1) |
| Week 6 |
60.4 (57.2 – 63.6) |
58.4 (55.3 – 61.5) |
56.7(53.4 – 59.9) |
58.0 (55.0 – 61.0) |
| Difference week 0–6 |
-5.1 (-8.7 – -1.6) |
-4.7 (-8.2 – -1.2) |
-8.2 (-12 – -4.6) |
-7.2 (-11 – -3.8) |
| Granulocytes fluorescence mean |
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| Baseline |
422 (393 – 451) |
390 (362 – 418) |
410 (381 – 439) |
408 (381 – 435) |
| Week 6 |
450 (423 – 478) |
438 (411 – 465) |
407 (379 – 436) |
430 (404 – 456) |
| Difference week 0–6 |
28.7 (-5.8 – 63.2) |
47.9 (14.5 – 81.3) |
-2.6 (-37 – 32.3) |
21.6 (-11 – 54.1) |
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1 values are expressed as lsmeans (95% CI) | ||||
Wolvers et al. Nutrition Journal 2006 5:28 doi:10.1186/1475-2891-5-28 |
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