Fig. 1

Distribution of Patients across Cytokine Quartiles at Baseline (Day 1) Comparing Resolving vs Persistent SAB Groups. Overall differences between groups (persistent, red vs resolving, blue) was calculated by chi-square analyses for TNF (n = 53 vs n = 188), IL-10 (n = 52 vs n = 178), IL-6 (n = 37 vs n = 147), IL-8 (n = 38 vs n = 148), IFNγ (n = 25 vs n = 89), IL-1β (n = 25 vs n = 77), IL-17 (n = 50 vs n = 154). Then, Bonferroni correction was made for multiple pairwise comparisons, with a threshold for significance of p < 0.008 (0.05/6). Significant p-values are listed in the figure. Note, P ≤ 0.001 is denoted by ***, and P ≤ 0.0001 is denoted by ****