Figure 1. Plasma concentrations of cytokines in patients with acute diverticulitis both during nights of the disease and during remission night.

Significant differences between the nights of the disease and remission night were calculated using Wilcoxon’s signed rank test and are indicated with ^∗p < 0.05, ^∗∗p < 0.01. The horizontal broken lines indicate the detection thresholds for the individual cytokines. The whiskers depict interquartile range. The cytokines measured include: IL-10, interleukin 10; IL-6, interleukin 6; TNF-α, tumor necrosis factor alpha.