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Plasma levels of IL-6 and CRP measured by ELISA and separated by cohort. The difference between cohorts was determined by Mann-Whitney tests. PCoA decomposition of unweighted UniFrac distances for PASC and RC participants. Relationships between PC1 from and circulating levels of IL-6 and CRP for PASC and RC. Statistical significance was measured using linear regression . Each point represents data from one participant where teal represents PASC and orange represents RC.
The groups of taxa that form the global balance are specified at the top of the plot. The box plot represents the distribution of the balance scores for PASC and RC individuals. ROC curve with its AUC value for differentiation PASC from RC based on the balance in E.
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