Table 5. Confidence intervals for il-10 across different groups and conditions.
M – male cadets; F – female cadets; 10 dB – subjects with 10 dB audiogram reduction; 0 dB – subjects with 0 dB audiogram reduction; audiometry and nasal secretion samples were taken at three time points: I – 24 hours before, II – immediately after, and III – 24 hours after gunshot exposure (a regular shooting exercise with the CZ 99 pistol using earplugs); n=105 (military cadets of both sexes, healthy, all Caucasian, aged 19–25 years). Lower and upper 95% CI: the lower and upper limits of the 95% confidence interval, indicating the lowest and highest values, respectively, within which the true mean is expected to lie 95% of the time.
| IL-10 Group (time points) | Group n=105 | 0 dB (M) | 10 dB (M) | 0 dB (F) | 10 dB (F) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I | Lower 95% CI | 0.7763 | 0.7693 | 0.6091 | -1.257 |
| Upper 95% CI | 1.345 | 1.725 | 1.193 | 5.920 | |
| II | Lower 95% CI | 0.5294 | 0.8408 | 0.7108 | -0.5242 |
| Upper 95% CI | 1.816 | 1.303 | 1.221 | 3.791 | |
| III | Lower 95% CI | 0.7287 | 0.6501 | 0.4907 | 0.3637 |
| Upper 95% CI | 1.100 | 1.465 | 0.9197 | 1.796 |