Table 2.

Regression models of hope predicting cortisol and IL-6 in ovarian cancer patients.

Variable		Unstandardized Coefficients	Standardized Coefficients	p	Variable	Unstandardized Coefficients	Standardized Coefficients		p
Nocturnal Cortisol1	B	Std. Error	Beta		Plasma IL-63	B	Std. Error	Beta
(Constant)	0.763	0.602		0.207	(Constant)	0.431	0.316		0.174
Age	0.008	0.006	0.121	0.168	Age	−0.001	0.033	−0.024	0.706
Stage	0.095	0.168	0.049	0.574	Stage	0.236	0.093	0.159	0.012
BMI	0.011	0.011	0.089	0.305	BMI	0.010	0.005	0.110	0.080
CESD depress subscale	−0.015	0.024	−0.059	0.532	CESD depress subscale	0.003	0.012	0.017	0.806
Hope Cortisol Slope 2	−0.205	0.086	−0.227	0.018	Hope Ascites IL-6 4	−0.085	0.040	−0.142	0.033
(Constant)	−0.100	0.037		0.008	(Constant)	4.248	0.471		<0.001
Age	0.000	0.000	0.043	0.645	Age	−0.005	0.004	−0.109	0.221
Stage	0.005	0.011	0.042	0.644	Stage	−0.126	0.147	−0.076	0.391
BMI	−0.001	0.001	−0.085	0.344	BMI	−0.003	0.007	−0.036	0.687
CESD depress subscale	−0.001	0.002	−0.061	0.525	CESD depress subscale	0.005	0.014	0.029	0.753
Hope	−0.011	0.005	−0.193	0.046	Hope	−0.166	0.053	−0.290	0.002

Notes:

¹n = 143,

²n = 140

³n = 264,

⁴n = 132; Stage is early/advanced, hope and hopelessness are z-scored; BMI = Body Mass Index CESD = Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (depressive subscale).