Figure 2.

Comparison of serum levels of monocyte‐related cytokines [monocyte chemoattractant protein‐1 (MCP‐1), interleukin (IL)‐1β, IL‐1RA, IL‐8, tumor necrosis factor (TNF)‐α, macrophage inflammatory protein (MIP)‐1α, MIP‐1β, IL‐6, interferon‐γ‐inducible protein (IP)‐10 and regulated upon activation, normal t cell expressed and secreted (RANTES)] between in sex‐ and age‐matched mild (n = 35) and severe (n = 35) EV‐A71‐infected cases. The data are expressed as the median with the interquartile range. Differences between groups were assessed using the non‐parametric Mann–Whitney U‐test.