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Posted by jcroese on 13 Aug 2012 at 07:09 GMT

Table 2: Duodenal cellular responses following in vivo gluten challenge.
Control Hookworm p-values
Week 20 Week 21 Week 20 Week 21 Time Group Interaction
Total IEL 30.50 52.55 26.40 43.50 <0.001 0.44 0.48
(23.2-37.8) (45.3-59.8) (19.1-33.7) (36.2-50.8)
CD8+ IEL 32.95 45.75 38.55 54.05 0.009 0.30 0.78
(22.8-43.1) (35.6-55.9) (28.4-48.7) (43.9-64.2)
CD4+ IEL 0.85 1.40 0.55 0.70 0.22 0.17 0.47
(0.3-1.4) (0.8-2) (0-1.1) (0.1-1.3)
CD3+ IEL 37.65 58.90 42.45 60.00 0.001 0.70 0.70
(27.8-47.5) (49-68.8) (32.6-52.3) (50.1-69.9)
Villus Height 40.44 28.23 38.27 28.43 <0.001 0.79 0.61
(35.7-45.2) (23.5-33) (33.5-43) (23.7-33.2)
Crypt Depth 15.90 18.08 15.38 18.54 0.006 0.98 0.58
(14.1-17.7) (16.3-19.9) (13.6-17.2) (16.7-20.4)
Vh:Cd ratio 2.67 1.64 2.58 1.68 <0.001 0.93 0.76
(2.2-3.1) (1.2-2.1) (2.1-3) (1.2-2.1)
Data were analysed by linear mixed model, and p-values considered significant at the 5% significance level are indicated in bold.

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