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Table 2 Evolution of blood cells count values between baseline and 12 weeks (G/L)

From: Impact of Polyvalent Mechanical Bacterial Lysate on lymphocyte number and activity in asthmatic children: a randomized controlled trial

Blood cells Evolution between baseline and 12 weeks p*
PMBL® tablet
N = 21
Mean ± SD
Placebo
N = 28
Mean ± SD
Total red blood cells − 0.02 ± 0.27 + 0.06 ± 0.29 0.4178
Total white blood cells + 0.4 ± 1.51 + 0.13 ± 3.53 0.9046
Neutrophils (% WBC) + 0.27 ± 1.28 (+ 1.1 ± 9.6) + 0.33 ± 2.53 (+ 3.9 ± 9.7) 0.4697 (0.1727)
Basophils (% WBC) − 0.00 ± 0.02 (− 0.06 ± 0.24) 0.00 ± 0.01 (+ 0.01 ± 0.29) 0.9838 (0.6610)
Eosinophils (% WBC) + 0.01 ± 0.21 (− 0.3 ± 3.6) + 0.06 ± 0.27 (0.5 ± 3.7) 0.8243 (0.8507)
Lymphocytes (% WBC) + 0.12 ± 0.49 (− − 0.2 ± 7.6) − 0.30 ± 0.86 (− 5.2 ± 8.5) 0.0141 (0.1339)
Monocytes (% WBC) + 0.01 ± 0.21 (− 0.7 ± 2.3) + 0.04 ± 0.57 (0.7 ± 2.5) 0.5564 (0.5102)
Platelet count + 0.7 ± 38.2 − 13.2 ± 45.3 0.2621
  1. Evolution of lymphocytes as % WBC was significantly different between groups (in italics)
  2. * p-value based on the application of ANCOVA on ranks
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