Table 3.

Correlations of Indices of Sympathetic Tone with Inflammatory Cytokines

Comparison	R-value	P-value
[TNF-alpha] vs. [Norepinephrine]	−0.02	0.83
[TNF-alpha] vs. [Epinephrine]	0.24	0.04
[TNF-alpha] vs. Phase II_L Response	0.15	0.21
[TNF-alpha] vs. Cardiac R-R Interval	−0.04	0.72
[IL-6] vs [Norepinephrine]	−0.02	0.84
[IL-6] vs. [Epinephrine]	0.29	0.02
[IL-6] vs. Phase II_L Response	0.44	< 0.0001*
[IL-6] vs. Cardiac R-R Interval	−0.22	0.06
[CRP] vs. [Norepinephrine]	−0.10	0.40
[CRP] vs. [Epinephrine]	0.11	0.33
[CRP] vs. Phase II_L Response	0.13	0.28
[CRP] vs. Cardiac R-R Interval	−0.14	0.24

^*designates those associations which reached statistical significance after correction for multiple comparisons.