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. 2009 Feb 6;4(2):e4380. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004380

Figure 2. Box plot of plasma profile changes in clinical progress of ARDS.

Figure 2

Pre-ARDS: plasma sample (n = 19) collected during 7-day period before ARDS diagnosis; ARDS: samples (n = 67) collected within 48-hour of ARDS diagnosis; Post-ARDS: samples (n = 105) collected between Day 2 and Day 4 of ARDS diagnosis. The trends of plasma profiles across ARDS development, as measured by reciprocal of days between sampling dates relative to ARDS diagnosis, were tested by mixed effect models, adjusted for age, gender, type of pulmonary injury, pre-admission steroid use, and APACHE III score on ICU admission (P values showed in the plots).