Figure 6

Differences in IL-6 levels between patients with severe malaria and non-severe malaria by assays for IL-6. Abbreviation: WMD, weighted mean difference; CI, confidence interval; black diamond symbol, point estimate; solid line in the middle of the graph at 0, zero effect size; Dashed red line: pooled WMD between the two groups; I2, level of heterogeneity; P = 0.000 or less than 0.05, significant heterogeneity.