TABLE 5.

Spearman rank correlation values for peptide data^a

Parameter	MIC for E. coli	MIC for P. aeruginosa	MIC for S. typhimurium	IL-6 ELISA result	TNF ELISA result	TNF L-cell assay result	LPS binding
MIC for E. coli	1	0.80	0.83	0.82	0.82	0.72	0.66
MIC for P. aeruginosa	0.80	1	0.79	0.81	0.77	0.73	0.75
MIC for S. typhimurium	0.83	0.79	1	0.86	0.84	0.80	0.77
IL-6 ELISA result	0.82	0.81	0.86	1	0.93	0.77	0.77
TNF ELISA result	0.82	0.77	0.84	0.93	1	0.73	0.70
TNF L-cell assay result	0.72	0.73	0.80	0.77	0.73	1	0.66
LPS binding	0.66	0.75	0.77	0.77	0.70	0.66	1

^aAll Spearman rank values significantly correlate at a level of P < 0.001.