Fig. 5
Quantification of systemic and intestinal proinflammatory cytokines. a Serum IL-1β, b Serum IL-8, c Serum IL-18, d Fecal IL-1β, e Fecal IL-8, f Fecal IL-18, g Association between fecal levels of IL-1β and IL-8, h Association between fecal levels of IL-8 and IL-18, i Association between fecal levels of IL-1β and IL-18 and j Association between serum levels of IL-8 and fecal IL-18. Kruskall-Wallis test with Bonferroni correction. Data show as median (IQR); *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01 and ***p < 0.001. Spearman correlation test