Table 3.
Correlation between GAD-7 score and different demographic and clinical covariates.
| Correlation parameters | Correlation analysis results | |
|---|---|---|
| r | p | |
| Age and IL-17A | 0.169 | 0.346 |
| Age and GAD-7 scores | 0.043 | 0.763 |
| Age and IL-23A | − 0.062 | 0.698 |
| BMI and GAD-7 scores | 0.061 | 0.675 |
| BMI and IL-17A | − 0.098 | 0.599 |
| BMI and IL-23A | − 0.106 | 0.521 |
| IL-17A and GAD-7 scores | 0.397 | 0.032 |
| IL-23A and GAD-7 scores | 0.359 | 0.039 |
| IL-23A and IL-17A | 0.533 | 0.001 |
| *Gender and IL-17A | 0.005 | 0.976 |
| *Gender and IL-23A | − 0.143 | 0.348 |
Significant values are in bold.
Pearson’s correlation co-efficient, r represents level of association and p < 0.05 was considered to be statistically significant.
BMI body mass index, GAD-7 generalized anxiety disorder 7-item scores, IL-17A interleukin 17A, IL-23A interleukin 23A.
*The correlation between gender and IL-17A or IL-23A were assessed by spearman correlation analysis where Spearman r represents Spearman’s correlation co-efficient and p < 0.05 is considered as statistically significant.