Fig. 6: Altered upper airway immune responses in obese adult patients hospitalised with influenza infection. | Nature Communications

Fig. 6: Altered upper airway immune responses in obese adult patients hospitalised with influenza infection.

From: Obesity dysregulates the pulmonary antiviral immune response

Fig. 6

a Schematic of the Mechanisms of Severe Acute Influenza Consortium (MOSAIC) study highlighting timepoints from hospitalisation of study samples. b Nasopharyngeal virus load between obese and non-obese patients. c Nasopharyngeal aspirate and (d) serum multiplex immune mediators comparing obese and non-obese patients. Data from 133 influenza positive adults (27 obese, 106 non-obese) compared using Mann–Whitney test (two-tailed). Box and whisker plots show median (line within box), interquartile range (box) and 1.5 x IQR (whiskers) *P < 0.05. Source data are provided as a Source Data file.

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