1. Heat maps summarizing Spearman correlations between log10-transformed cytokine levels (log IL-6, CCL-2, TNF, and VEGF-A [in picograms/milliliter]) in blood plasma and composite measures of alpha-diversity (Shannon diversity index, Chao1 index, OTU number, Berger-Parker dominance value) in day 1 rectal (A) and naris (B) swabs from 6 study subjects for whom blood samples were available.
Heat maps summarizing Spearman correlations between log10-transformed cytokine levels (log IL-6, CCL-2, TNF, and VEGF-A [in picograms/milliliter]) in blood plasma and composite measures of alpha-diversity (Shannon diversity index, Chao1 index, OTU number, Berger-Parker dominance value) in day 1 rectal (A) and naris (B) swabs from 6 study subjects for whom blood samples were available. Green indicates a positive correlation, and red indicates a negative correlation. The shade of the color represents the strength of the correlation, with lighter shades indicating a weaker correlation. The Spearman’s correlation coefficient (ρ) value and P value for significant results are shown (*, P < 0.05; **, P < 0.01; ***, P < 0.001; ****, P < ).
Saumya Bansal et al. mSphere 2018; doi: /mSphere