FIG 6.

Lung function of patients correlated with inflammatory markers S100 A8/A9, CRP, and IL-6. Data of the patients’ lung function (FEV₁% predicted) were collected at every visit and correlated with the following inflammatory markers from patients’ serum S100A8/A9 (A), CRP (B), and IL-6 (C). Applying GEE, the linear fit line shows a negative correlation for all inflammatory parameters with the FEV₁%pred revealing that decreased lung function is associated with higher inflammatory parameters (P < 0.0001).