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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Nov 15.
Published in final edited form as: Biol Psychiatry. 2008 Jul 2;64(10):896–900. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2008.05.019

Table IV.

Correlations between inflammatory markers and depressive symptoms.

CRP IL-6 TNF-a sIL-6R sTNF-RII
BDI - total score 0.15* 0.19* 0.06 −0.002 0.11*
BDI - neurovegetative function 0.14* 0.17* 0.07 −0.01 0.12*
BDI - mood 0.11 0.19* 0.04 −0.01 0.10
BDI - negative affect 0.13* 0.16* 0.04 0.02 0.06

CRP = C reactive protein; IL-6 = interleukin-6; TNF-a = tumor necrosis factor alpha; sIL-6R = soluble IL-6 receptor; sTNF-RII = soluble TNF receptor; BDI = Beck Depression Inventory.

*

P < 0.05 (corrected for pair cluster using GEE regression).