Table 2.

Group baseline and final values for neutrophil and monocyte phagocytosis of E. coli and oxidative burst towards E. coli.

	HIT		MICT
	Baseline	Final	Baseline	Final
Neutrophil
Phagocytosis (MFI)	130.6 (16.6)	152 (17.2)∗	126.2 (12.5)	145.5 (14.1)∗
Oxidative burst (MFI)	69.0 (24.5)	74.6 (22.1)∗	77.6 (18.2)	104.8 (16.5)∗∗
Monocyte
Phagocytosis (MFI)	99.3 (10.4)	113.3 (11.6)∗∗	92.9 (12.2)	110.4 (13.8)∗∗
Oxidative burst (MFI)	27.5 (8.4)	22.7 (9.1)	30.9 (11.7)	27.8 (13.5)
Oxidative burst (%)	74.4 (10.0)	81.6 (11.1)∗	74.4 (13.7)	85.6 (12.1)∗∗

MFI: median fluorescence intensity. Data are mean (SD). ^∗p < 0.05 and ^∗∗p < 0.01 are significant within group change scores.