Early Intra-Articular Complement Activation in Ankle Fractures

Figure 3

The relation of leucocytes in effusion and leucocytes in blood decreased over time showing a statistically significant correlation (𝑅=−0.98, 𝑃=0.011, dashed line). In parallel, the percentage of monocytes in joint flushes increased over time starting with 9.5% 4 hours after trauma (90.5% neutrophils), reaching 50.4% 144 hours (49.6% neutrophils) following injury (𝑅=0.97, 𝑃=0.013, solid line).