Changes in serum cytokine levels (pg/mL) at admission (baseline), week 2, week 10 and week 16 on ART.

<p>Data are shown as boxes: internal horizontal lines, median; top and bottom of boxes, 25th and 75th percentiles; upper and lower bars, 10th and 90th percentiles. Statistical comparisons between groups were performed using the Kruskal-Wallis test followed by Dunn’s test. The symbols (*p<0.05) reflect statistical analyses based on comparisons of the four time points. Abbreviations: BL, Baseline; Wk2, week 2; Wk10, week 10; Wk16, week 16.