Table 3.
Virus-induced interferon produced by leukocyte cultures from 18 children with ≥9 URI and/or ≥4 AOM compared with 15 children with ≤1 URI at the age of 6 months
| Inducer | Median (min–max) IFN yield (IU/ml) |
Pa | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Children with ≥9 URI and/or ≥4 AOM (n=18) | Children with ≤1 URI (n=15) | ||
| Rhinovirus | 10 (3–160) | 160 (5–320) | <0.001 |
| Adenovirus | 5 (3–40) | 80 (5–640) | <0.001 |
| Coronavirus | 10 (5–40) | 80 (10–160) | <0.001 |
| Influenza A virus | 320 (160–2560) | 320 (80–640) | 0.784 |
a
Statistical significance of the difference assessed by the Mann-Whitney U-test.