nearly significantp = 1.291 × 10 −2
There was a significant overall treatment effect on IL-12(p70) levels ( p = 3.483 × 10 −6 ), where post-treatment levels were higher than during acute infection, and a nearly significant gender effect ( p = 1.291 × 10 −2 ) where males had slightly higher values at both time points and in both age groups.