Fig. 3
From: Effects of body mass index on the immune response within the first days after major stroke in humans
Higher BMI ratios are associated with higher levels of leptin and triglycerides but reduced IL-6 levels after stroke
Stroke patients were analyzed and compared to healthy controls on the day of admission (day 0) and on days 1, 3 and 5. Multiple regression analysis was performed to evaluate the influence of BMI on leptin, triglyceride and IL-6 levels independent of sex, age, stroke treatment, days after stroke and stroke volume. BMI ratios: For better visualization, we retransformed β-coefficients to percentage change/1 standard deviation BMI. Therefore, the figures represent significant alterations over the study period, whereby the three figure panels represent the results for BMI values corresponding to -1 SD, the mean, and + 1 SD