Table 3. Self-Rated Health as a Predictor of Serum IL-6 and CRP.

	IL-6 (lg pg/mL)					CRP (lg mg/L)
	B (SE)	β	R2	Δ R2	t (246)	B (SE)	β	R2	Δ R2	t (246)
Model I a
SRH	0.05(.01)	0.26	0.23	0.05	4.08***	0.07(.04)	0.12	0.25	0.01	2.01*
Age	0.003(.001)	0.23	0.23	0.04	3.72***	0.001(.002)	0.03	0.25	0.001	0.56
BMI	0.01(.002)	0.29	0.23	0.07	4.81***	0.03(.005)	0.39	0.25	0.13	6.55***
Sex (F v M)	0.03(.02)	0.06	0.23	0.004	1.08	0.23(.07)	0.20	0.25	0.04	3.42***
Num Cond	0.01(.01)	0.05	0.23	0.003	0.85	0.03(.03)	0.06	0.25	0.004	1.00
Model II b
SRH	0.06(.01)	0.27	0.23	0.06	4.15***	0.08(.04)	0.13	0.25	0.01	2.03*
Age	0.003(.001)	0.23	0.23	0.04	3.60***	0.001 (.002)	0.03	0.25	0.02	0.51
BMI	0.01(.002)	0.29	0.23	0.08	4.85***	0.03 (.005)	0.39	0.25	0.13	6.55***
Sex (F v M)	0.03(.02)	0.06	0.23	0.004	1.10	0.23 (.07)	0.20	0.25	0.04	3.42***
Num Cond	0.01(.01)	0.06	0.23	0.003	0.86	0.03 (.03)	0.06	0.25	0.003	1.10
CES-D	−0.001(.001)	−0.05	0.23	0.002	−0.84	−0.001 (.003)	−0.02	0.25	0.000	−0.37
Model III c
SRH	0.06(.01)	0.26	0.23	0.05	4.07***	0.07(.04)	0.12	0.25	0.01	1.98*
Age	0.003(.001)	0.24	0.23	0.04	3.73***	0.001(.002)	0.03	0.25	0.001	0.53
BMI	0.01(.002)	0.29	0.23	0.11	4.81***	0.03(.005)	0.39	0.25	0.13	6.53***
Sex (F v M)	0.03(.02)	0.06	0.23	0.004	1.07	0.23(.07)	0.20	0.25	0.04	3.41***
Num Cond	0.01(.01)	0.05	0.23	0.002	0.84	0.03 (.03)	0.06	0.25	0.004	1.01
1 Yr Change	0.01(.01)	0.02	0.23	0.000	0.41	−0.005(.04)	−0.01	0.25	0.000	−0.13

^aModel I Controlling for age, BMI, sex, and number of health conditions (Num Cond)

bModel II: Controlling for age, BMI, sex, number of health conditions, and CES-D scores

^cModel III: Controlling for age, BMI, sex, number of health conditions, and self-rated change in health in the previous year.

^*p ≤ 0.05

^***p ≤ 0.001