Table 6.
Meta-Analysis of Immune Responses to Stressful Event Sequences in Healthy Participants
| Immune marker | k | N | r | SEr | 95% CI | p | Q |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leukocyte subset count | |||||||
| Monocytes | 3 | 113 | −.02 | .10 | −.21, .17 | .87 | 0.39 |
| Lymphocytes | 5 | 223 | .05 | .07 | −.09, .18 | .49 | 2.65 |
| T lymphocytes | 5 | 213 | −.02 | .07 | −.16, .12 | .82 | 0.37 |
| T-helper lymphocytes | 9 | 566 | .03 | .11 | −.19, .25 | .81 | 39.29*** |
| T-cytotoxic lymphocytes | 8 | 544 | −.14 | .15 | −.41, .15 | .35 | 58.22*** |
| T-helper:T-cytotoxic ratio | 6 | 296 | .06 | .08 | −.09, .21 | .44 | 7.54 |
| B lymphocytes | 5 | 185 | .02 | .08 | −.13, .17 | .76 | 0.35 |
| Natural killer cells | 4 | 370 | .17 | .09 | .00, .34 | .05 | 5.06 |
| Leukocyte subset percentage | |||||||
| T lymphocytes | 3 | 129 | .02 | .09 | −.16, .19 | .85 | 0.11 |
| T-helper lymphocytes | 5 | 279 | .00 | .06 | −.12, .12 | .94 | 0.00 |
| T-cytotoxic lymphocytes | 5 | 279 | −.05 | .06 | −.17, .07 | .43 | 3.65 |
| B lymphocytes | 3 | 129 | −.04 | .09 | −.22, .14 | .67 | 0.57 |
| Specific immunoglobulin | |||||||
| Epstein-Barr virus | 3 | 198 | .21 | .07 | .07, .34 | .003 | 1.18 |
| Natural killer cell function | |||||||
| Natural killer cell cytotoxicity | 13 | 698 | −.03 | .17 | −.29, .34 | .87 | 164.40*** |
| Lymphocyte proliferation | |||||||
| Proliferation to ConA | 6 | 297 | −.04 | .06 | −.15, .08 | .53 | 2.53 |
| Proliferation to PHA | 11 | 675 | .10 | .10 | −.09, .28 | .32 | 42.25*** |
| Proliferation to PWM | 7 | 284 | .12 | .16 | −.19, .40 | .45 | 28.72*** |
Note. CI = confidence interval; ConA = concanavalin A; PHA = phytohemagglutinin; PWM = pokeweed mitogen.
***
p < .001.