Figure 3. Changes in core cytokine levels in virus-infected culture supernatants in relation to the anatomical sites of the explant and patients’ age, sex, medical comorbidities, and obesity (panels A–E).

^aP < 0.05, ^bP < 0.01, and ^cP < 0.001, generalized estimating equations in which age, sex, medical comorbidity, obesity, and/or anatomical location were included as confounding variables.