Categorization of participants into 5 groups based on tertiles of CC16 and tertiles of the PCA component of inflammatory biomarkers in adolescence.
The 5 groups are defined as:
- Group 1 (Dark Green, N=30): participants in the highest CC16 tertile and lowest inflammatory tertile
- Group 2 (Light Green, N=57): other participants with CC16 tertile higher than inflammatory tertile
- Group 3 (Gray, N=81): participants with CC16 tertile equal to inflammatory tertile
- Group 4 (Orange, N=56): participants with CC16 tertile lower than inflammatory tertile (excluding participants in Group 5)
- Group 5 (Red, N=31): participants in the lowest CC16 tertile and highest inflammatory tertile