Heightened Local T_h17 Cell Inflammation Is Associated with Severe Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Children under the Age of 1 Year

Figure 4

Inflammatory-cytokine levels in plasma and BAL from year, grouped by disease severity (S, ; NS, ). Cytokine levels are presented as box plots outlined with kernel probability density. Medians and quartiles are indicated with whiskers reaching up to 1.5× IQR. The width of the colored area represents the proportion of data (grey, NS plasma; purple, S plasma; blue, NS BAL; red, S BAL). values were calculated using the Mann–Whitney test; , , , .