Cytokine Signature in End-Stage Renal Disease Patients on Hemodialysis

Figure 4

Comparative analysis of the cytokine signatures between group I () and group II (). The ascendant frequency of group I with high cytokine plasma levels was assembled for group II as demonstrated by bar graphs and by the ascendant cytokine curve for group I (). The ascendant frequency of group II with high cytokine plasma levels was also assembled for group I () and used for comparative analysis with the cytokine profile of HD patients with VAT. Dotted lines indicate the 50th percentiles used as the cut-off to identify relevant elements, highlighted by ↑, for increased frequencies. Group I: HD patients without VAT. Group II: HD patients with VAT.