Ingestion of micronutrient fortified breakfast cereal has no influence on immune function in healthy children: A randomized controlled trial

Table 4 Granulocyte phagocytosis and oxidative burst activity before and after two-months of cereal ingestion (mean ± SD)*

Variable Mean flourescence channel	Pre-study	Post-study	Treatment interaction p-value
Oxidative burst activity (DCF⁺ Granulocytes)			0.184
Low	192 ± 65	136 ± 58
Medium	184 ± 79	171 ± 119
High	213 ± 77	141 ± 66
Phagocytosis (FITC⁺ Granulocytes)			0.564
Low	459 ± 92	424 ± 84
Medium	426 ± 109	447 ± 170
High	442 ± 108	431 ± 93

* Low (N = 23), medium (N = 20), high (N = 19) = level of nutrient fortification of the cereal product. DCF = dichlorofluorescein; FITC = fluorescein isothiocyanate.

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