3.3. Colostrum Reduces Average Gravity Scores of URTI Symptoms
AGS
Our second primary outcome, the average gravity score of URTI symptoms (AGS), was assessed based on reporting to daily surveys on the intensity of symptoms according to the grading scale described in the Material and Method section. Parallel to the result obtained with FSD, when this parameter was analyzed over 21 weeks, the results reached a near-significant level (At weeks 4, 8, 12, 14, 16 and 18 of the trial, testing the same parameter showed that colostrum provided variable but consistently statistically significant protection from the gravity of URTIs, as assessed by the reduction in AGS medians in the COL group compared to the PBO group. This reduction ranged between 33% and 45% (