Table 2.

Treatment effect of albendazole on cytokine levels.

Cytokine	Pre (mean ± sem)	Post (mean ± sem)	$\mathit{\beta }$	95%CI	p-value
CCL11	3.85 ± 0.06	3.96 ± 0.08	−0.07	−0.18, 0.04	0.19
IL-10	1.46 ± 0.20	−0.93 ± 0.33	−2.98	−3.68, −2.27	0.001
IL-5	−0.97 ± 0.17	−1.68 ± 0.24	−0.91	−1.60, −0.22	0.01
TNF-α	0.33 ± 0.16	−0.10 ± 0.28	−0.75	−1.47, −0.03	0.041

Generalized Estimating Equation was used to determine the effect of albendazole treatment on cytokine levels (log transformed).$\beta$: Effect of albendazole treatment on cytokine levels, CI: confidence interval. Reference category-before treatment with albendazole, sem: standard error of the mean.