Table 4.

Statistically Significant Cytokines/Growth Factors (Log-Transformed Data)^*

Cytokine/Growth Factor	Visit	Control Median (Min, Max)	Intervention Median (Min, Max)	p
Interferon gamma	1	67.64 (0.10, 695.74)	32.08 (0.10, 630.61)
	2	109.91 (0.10, 954.57)	35.82 (0.10, 322.17)	0.311
	3	172.40 (0.10, 963.86)	22.50 (0.10, 380.07)	0.002
TNF-α	1	15.71 (1.30, 72.84)	14.47 (1.99, 103.30)
	2	18.63 (0.49, 111.35)	15.39 (0.92, 56.49)	0.559
	3	32.42 (7.46, 114.56)	15.64 (0.01, 56.81)	0.002
Interleukin-8	1	12.01 (0.10, 33.98)	11.18 (0.10, 58.32)
	2	14.01 (3.29, 57.68)	9.92 (4.21, 32.63)	0.303
	3	17.48 (6.04, 61.02)	11.01 (1.35, 37.99)	0.026
Interleukin-4	1	1.32 (0.01, 7.78)	1.08 (0.01, 13.96)
	2	1.79 (0.01, 11.93)	1.08 (0.01, 9.55)	0.062
	3	3.11 (0.01, 10.96)	0.98 (0.01, 8.43)	0.001
GCSF	1	29.62 (10.76, 109.63)	27.74 (4.76, 191.54)
	2	37.76 (18.76, 201.76)	25.15 (0.67, 100.59)	0.052
	3	56.94 (0.86, 157.92)	25.80 (6.02, 124.71)	0.087

^*TNF indicates tumor necrosis factor; and GCSF, granulocyte colony stimulating factor.