Fig. 2
Mean difference in IL-4 levels between severe malaria and those with uncomplicated malaria patients. CI confidence interval; green diamond symbol, point estimate; solid line in the graph’s center at 0 effect size; The dashed red line represents the pooled mean difference between the two groups; the I2 value indicates the degree of heterogeneity; and p = 0.00 or less than 0.05 indicates significant heterogeneity. The weight (%) indicates the contribution of each individual result to the weighted average. IL-4 units in pg/mL