Circulating immunological correlates of speed of sputum conversion in PTB patients of African vs. Eurasian ancestry.

A, t-statistic (regression co-efficient/standard deviation) represents magnitude of difference in immunological parameter between patients with fast vs. slow sputum culture conversion (0.05, determined by the Benjamini Hochberg approach, were designated non-significant (ns). For the purposes of applying this approach, each ‘family’ of hypotheses corresponded to a single column of presented p values.IL, interleukin; IFN, interferon; CXCL, CXC chemokine ligand; CCL, CC chemokine ligand; VEGF, vascular epidermal growth factor; LL-37, cathelicidin LL-37; MMP, matrix metalloproteinase; PG, prostaglandin; DBP, vitamin D binding protein; Hb, haemoglobin; MCV, mean corpuscular volume; PCV, packed cell volume; MCH, mean corpuscular haemoglobin; MCHC, mean corpuscular haemoglobin concentration; RBC, red blood cell count; ESR, erythrocyte sedimentation rate; CRP, C-reactive protein.