Fig. 5

Relationship of ATG5 with exacerbation risk and severity in adult asthma patients. The association of ATG5 (skewed distributed continuous data) with exacerbation risk in adult asthma patients (categorized data, Wilcoxon rank sum test) (A); ROC curve showing the ability of ATG5 (skewed distributed continuous data) to discriminate adult asthma patients at exacerbation from adult asthma patients at remission (ROC curve) (B); the association of ATG5 (skewed distributed continuous data) with exacerbation severity in adult asthma patients (categorized data, Spearman’s rank correlation test) (C)