Table 1.

Outcome category, definition, and included inflammatory markers per category

Outcome category	Definition of outcome category	Inflammatory markers (per outcome category)
Cells	Inflammation-related processes on cell level as a component of cellular immunity	Leukocytes  Eosinophils  Granulocytes  Lymphocytes  Macrophages  Monocytes  Neutrophils Dendritic cells
Plasma molecules	Inflammation-related processes on plasma protein level as a component of humoral immunity	Acute-phase proteins  C-reactive protein (CRP)  Fibrinogen  Serum amyloid A
		Cytokines  Chemokines  Interferon-gamma (IFN-γ)  Interleukins (IL)  Lymphokines  Monokines  Tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α)
		Cell-free DNA
		Inflammasomes
		Intercellular adhesion molecule-1
Intracellular processes	Inflammation-related processes on intracellular level	Transcription factors  AP-1  NF-IL6  NF-kappa B Gene expression  Transcripts for proteins associated with inflammatory processes  Transcriptomics focusing on or revealing inflammatory processes