Table 3 The p values before and after the adjustment for multiple comparisons.

From: Cytokine signatures associate with disease severity in children with Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia

Cytokine

Control vs. Mild MPP

Control vs. Severe MPP

Mild MPP vs. Severe MPP

p value

adjusted p value

p value

adjusted p value

p value

adjusted p value

TNFα

<0.0001

0.0002

<0.0001

0.0002

0.0002

0.0004

IL6

0.0002

0.0004

<0.0001

0.0002

0.0017

0.0022

IL1β

0.0004

0.0007

<0.0001

0.0002

<0.0001

0.0002

MCP1

<0.0001

0.0002

<0.0001

0.0002

0.005

0.0063

IL4

0.0007

0.0011

<0.0001

0.0002

0.0002

0.0004

IL10

<0.0001

0.0002

<0.0001

0.0002

0.01

0.0118

IFNγ

<0.0001

0.0002

<0.0001

0.0002

0.0068

0.0083

IL13

0.001

0.0013

<0.0001

0.0002

0.1362

0.1476

IL5

0.0006

0.0009

0.0002

0.0004

0.1822

0.0004

sCD40L

<0.0001

0.0002

<0.0001

0.0002

0.2425

0.2489

Flt3L

0.0008

0.0011

<0.0001

0.0002

0.0923

0.1028

IL2

0.5555

0.5555

0.0005

0.0008

0.0004

0.0007

IFNα2

0.0567

0.0650

<0.0001

0.0002

0.0008

0.0011

  1. The p values have been adjusted by Benjamini-Hochberg procedure.