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. 2023 Sep 4;15(17):4414. doi: 10.3390/cancers15174414

Table 5.

Inflammatory markers and depressive symptoms for included subjects across all study visits used in at least one analysis model.

Study 1 (n = 435 Visits) Study 2 (n = 266 Visits) Study 3 (n = 162 Visits) Study 4 (n = 252 Visits) Total (n = 1116 Visits)
IL-6
M(SD) 2.2 (2.3) 2.3 (2.2) 2.8 (6.3) 2.9 (2.4) 2.5 (3.2)
[min, max] [0.15, 21.8] [0.15, 15.1] [0.44, 78.4] [0.06, 14.0] [0.06, 78.4]
TNF-α
M(SD) 7.4 (3.8) 7.1 (3.2) 2.3 (0.6) 2.4 (0.7) 5.5 (3.7)
[min, max] [1.3, 28.4] [2.1, 27.0] [1.2, 4.5] [1.0, 4.7] [1.0, 28.4]
CRP
M(SD) 3.0 (5.2) 2.2 (3.9) 3.2 (4.6) 5.4 (14.6) 3.4 (8.2)
[min, max] [0.15, 53.6] [0.15, 34.0] [0.10, 29.0] [0.06, 194.6] [0.1, 194.6]
LBP
M(SD) 5069 (2220) 5562 (1947) 4150 (1918) 5225 (2368) 5082 (2192)
[min, max] [221, 14,218] [442, 10,719] [429, 10,504] [890, 17,070] [221, 17,070]
CES-D
M(SD) 13.8 (10.5) 10.2 (8.6) 7.7 (7.1) 9.4 (6.7) 11.1 (9.1)
[min, max] [0, 49] [0, 46] [0, 41] [0, 34] [0, 49]
CES-D clinical cutoff, %(n)
<16 62% (270) 79% (211) 87% (141) 83% (208) 74% (830)
16+ 38% (165) 21% (55) 13% (21) 17% (44) 26% (285)

IL-6 = interleukin-6, TNF-α = tumor necrosis factor-α, CRP = C-reactive protein, LBP = lipopolysaccharide-binding protein, CES-D = Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale.