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. 2006 Aug 8;3(8):e266. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030266

Figure 4. Canonical Variate Analysis Using Right Eye Conjunctival Cytokine mRNA Expression to Distinguish between Individuals.

Figure 4

Canonical variate analysis was used to form two linear combinations of cytokine mRNA expression that maximized the difference between the disease/infection groups. The means and 95% CIs of these linear combinations have been calculated and plotted in two dimensions for each category, showing that the combinations of cytokine mRNA expression discriminate between the four categories. The canonical variates (CV), with coefficients adjusted to allow for different magnitude scales, are

First CV = 0.61*IDO − 0.63*IL-10 + 0.084*FOXP3 + 1.02*IFN-γ

Second CV = −0.73*IDO – 0.43*IL-10 + 1.03*FOXP3 + 0.64*IFN-γ