Figure 2

MIF levels are associated with different disease outcomes. The results from a multinomial logistic regression analysis are reported. The odds ratios of disease outcomes were plotted against log MIF levels. The different lines represent comparisons of the disease category to the reference healthy control (HC) group, as indicated in the figure legend. A horizontal reference line was drawn at odds ratio of 1 at which point there is a difference between a harmful and a protective factor. It is noted that the odds ratios in each of these three comparisons cross the null value of 1 at a log MIF value of approximately 10.8 (arrow).