Table 2.

Hierarchical Regression of Psychosocial Factors on log-transformed Interleukin-6 (N = 1028)

Variable	Model 1		Model 2		Model 3		Model 4		Model 5*
	Without Controls		+ Demographics		+ Health Behaviors		+ Health Status		Interaction
	β	p	β	p	β	p	β	p	β	p
Education	−.09	.01	−.07	.03	−.05	.09†	−.02	.61
Negative Affect
MASQ Anxious Symptoms	.01	.80	.04	.17	.02	.54	−.00	.97	−.01	.77
MASQ Anxious-Arousal	.14	.00	.13	.00	.07	.02	.04	.26	−.01	.80
CES-D Depressive Symptoms	.07	.03	.10	.00	.05	.09†	.02	.46	−.05	.06†
Hedonic Well-being
MASQ Positive Affect	−.01	.66	−.04	.17	−.01	.85	.02	.46	.09	.00
Eudaimonic Well-Being
Autonomy	.02	.54	−.01	.75	.00	.98	−.02	.54	.03	.36
Environmental Mastery	−.01	.75	−.07	.04	−.03	.29	−.02	.54	.06	.03
Personal Growth	−.09	.00	−.10	.00	−.09	.01	−.06	.06†	.04	.12
Positive Relations with Others	.02	.47	−.02	.49	−.02	.58	.00	.95	.06	.03
Purpose in Life	−.07	.03	−.08	.02	−.05	.10	−.03	.37	.06	.03
Self-Acceptance	−.05	.09†	−.09	.01	−.05	.10	−.03	.30	.06	.05

Note. MASQ = Mood and Anxiety Symptom Questionnaire; CES-D = Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression. All coefficients reported are standardized. Model 1 contains the bivariate correlation with IL-6. Model 2 adds age, gender, and education if the primary variable is a psychosocial factor. Model 3 adds smoking status, alcohol consumption, caffeine consumption, amount of moderate to vigorous physical activity, and medication usage. Model 4 adds BMI (log transformed), WHR, and chronic health conditions. Model 5 adds an interaction term between the particular psychosocial variable and education.

^*The model 5 coefficients are those for the interaction term.

^†p < .10.

Bolded coefficients are significant at p < .05.