Table 1.
Counts of cells of innate and adaptive immunity (109/L) and levels of immunoglobulins (g/L) in serum and secretory IgA (g/mL) in saliva in healthy adults (n = 62) at baseline presented as median (IQR)
| Placebo (n = 16) | LGG (n = 13) | Bb12 (n = 16) | PJS (n = 17) | P value1 | |
| Leukocytes | 4.90 (3.90-7.05) | 5.20 (4.90-6.40) | 5.25 (4.60-6.00) | 4.90 (4.35 -5.70) | 0.55 |
| Monocytes | 5.00 (4.25-6.75) | 5.00 (5.00-6.00) | 6.00 (5.00-6.00) | 6.00 (4.50-6.50) | 0.84 |
| Neutrophils | 2.05 (1.67-3.72) | 3.10 (2.50-3.30) | 2.95 (2.12-3.47) | 3.10 (2.15-3.45) | 0.39 |
| Basophils | 0.05 (0.00-0.10) | 0.10 (0.00-0.10) | 0.05 (0.00-0.10) | 0.00 (0.00-0.10) | 0.73 |
| Eosinophils | 4.00 (3.00-5.75) | 3.00 (2.00-6.00) | 3.00 (2.25-4.75) | 2.00 (1.50-3.00) | 0.077 |
| Lymphocytes | 38.0 (33.5-48.7) | 35.0 (31.5-37.5) | 34.0 (30.0-40.5) | 31.0 (26.0-40.5) | 0.24 |
| IgM | 1.28 (0.97-1.65) | 0.87 (0.69-1.32) | 1.10 (0.73-1.66) | 1.44 (0.80-1.77) | 0.31 |
| IgG | 10.7 (9.5-12.2) | 10.3 (9.3-11.7) | 10.6 (9.1-12.1) | 10.4 (8.4-11.7) | 0.72 |
| IgA | 2.65 (2.45-3.21) | 2.42 (2.04-3.44) | 2.20 (1.73-2.94) | 2.44 (1.53-2.85) | 0.22 |
| sIgA | 0.23 (0.15- 0.34) | 0.27 (0.14-0.42) | 0.40 (0.27-0.88) | 0.28 (0.17-0.49) | 0.065 |
1
Kruskall-Wallis test with Monte Carlo P values. IQR: Interquartile range.