Temporal development of plasma levels of MMP-8 (ng/ml) in burn patients.

<p>Blue bars represent TBSA<20% patients and green bars TBSA>20% patients. The gray bar represents the values from six healthy controls. Samples are grouped in time intervals, calculated from the time of injury. A black asterisk indicates a statistically significant difference compared with healthy controls. A Kruskall-Wallis test was performed for each time group, except time group 12 (1 patient). After using the Bonferroni correction for multiple comparisons, significance was set at <i>P</i><0.003. No significant differences were found between the TBSA>20% and TBSA>20% groups at any time-point.