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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Nov 2.
Published in final edited form as: Biol Psychiatry. 2007 Apr 16;62(4):314–320. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2006.10.016

Table 4.

Mean Levels of Inflammatory Markers in Subjects with Severe Depressive Symptoms vs. No Depressive Symptoms

Unadjusted Mean (± SE) Mean (± SE), Adjusted for Table 1 Variables


Severe Depressive Symptoms n = 116 No Depressive Symptoms n = 692 p Value Severe Depressive Symptoms n = 116 No Depressive Symptoms n = 692 p Value
WBC (K/cmm) 7.0 ± .18 6.5 ± .07 .005 7.2 ± .29 7.1 ± .24 .87
CD40 Ligand (pg/mL) 5782 ± 281 5850 ± 115 .82 5514 ± 475 6041 ± 397 .20
Log CRP .86 ± .12 .68 ± .05 .17 1.3 ± .18 1.6 ± .15 .08
Fibrinogen (mg/dL) 370 ± 8 397 ± 3 .002 387 ± 12.5 421 ± 10.4 .002
Log IL-6 .96 ± .07 .96 ± .03 .98 1.03 ± .10 1.2 ± .08 .02