Gram-
unknown mean		 Gram-
unknown
SEM		 Gram-
negative mean		 Gram-
negative
SEM		 Gram-
positive mean		 Gram-
positive
SEM		 **P-
value
IFN-βRANTES IL-8TNF-α
Ratio***

260.4
2007.3
153.1
5.1
102.8

 23.5
144.2
41.7
0.6
29

319.3
2229.5
184.3
4.8
111.1

25.3
268.6
58.2
1.4
34.9

 239.5
1641.0
235.0
7.4
29.9		 37.8
110.9
52.5
0.7
8.3		 0.09
0.06
0.52
0.11
0.04
*All values are pg/mL of serum (except Ratio values, which is unitless).
**P values calculated by type 3 t-test for all continuous variables.
***Calculated as [IFN-β] X [RANTES] / [IL-8] X [TNF-α].
Table 3: Summary of mean admission levels* of MyD88-dependent (IL-8, TNF-β) and MyD88-independent (RANTES, IFN-α cytokines and the ratio. These data are shown graphically in Figure 1.