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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cytokine. 2011 Oct 19;56(3):769–778. doi: 10.1016/j.cyto.2011.09.013

Table 3.

Cytokine Modulators: Adjusted Geometric Means and 95% Confidence Intervals Among Categories of Selected Characteristics

Geometric Mean (95% Confidence Interval)
Cytokine Modulators IL-1RA sIL-1Rlle sIL-2Rae sIL-4Re sIL-6Re IL-12p40 sTNF-R1 sTNF-R2
N above LLD a 480 429 427 428 411 615 616 615
N imputed: MI 136 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
N imputed: LLD/2 Characteristics 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 1
Age at blood sampling, y b
 30–45 400 (291, 551) 4800 (4347, 5299) 478 (430, 532) 699 (639, 765) 49307(43823, 55477) 161(141, 184) 1141(1060, 1228) 673(617,735)
 46–50 538 (358, 809) 4870(4265, 5561) 491 (426, 566) 666(590, 751) 59981 (51303, 70128) 188(157, 224) 1204(1091, 1328) 737 (656, 828)
 51–55 276(194, 393) 5099 (4590, 5664) 490 (438, 549) 635 (577, 698) 55775(49104, 63352) 162 (140, 188) 1214(1118, 1319) 751(681,828)
 56–60 323(241,431) 5566(5063, 6119) 554(500, 613) 611(561,666) 58031(51719,65112) 177 (156, 200) 1302(1216, 1394) 768 (709, 832)
 60–75 345 (262, 455) 5970(5451, 6539) 640 (580, 705) 640 (589, 695) 62082(55557, 69374) 173 (154, 194) 1478(1387, 1575) 863 (800, 931)
 P-trend 0.21 0.00 0.00 0.08 0.01 0.57 0.00 0.00
Body Mass Index, kg/m2c
 <25 387(317,472) 4993 (4683, 5324) 512 (477, 549) 646 (610, 686) 52715 (48789, 56958) 176(162, 192) 1262(1205, 1322) 739 (700, 781)
 25–29 251(192,328) 5622 (5174, 6108) 558 (510, 611) 645 (598, 696) 59982 (54286, 66275) 161 (144, 181) 1220(1146, 1298) 806 (748, 867)
 30–34 448 (313, 642) 5748 (5146, 6420) 560(496, 631) 655(592,725) 60807 (53187, 69520) 162(139, 188) 1381(1269, 1504) 757(685,837)
 ≥35 506 (278, 919) 5478 (4438, 6761) 589 (468, 740) 645 (532, 782) 69546(53457,90478) 204(158, 264) 1632(1416, 1882) 839 (709, 993)
 P-trend 0.62 0.02 0.08 0.90 0.01 0.87 0.00 0.15
P-value ≥30 vs. <30 0.06 0.13 0.27 0.84 0.08 0.93 0.00 0.69
Menopausal status at blood sampling d
 Premenopausal 307 (215, 439) 4592(4126,5110) 460(410, 516) 649 (588, 715) 54014 (47501, 61420) 179 (154, 208) 1274(1172, 1385) 742 (672, 819)
 Postmenopausal 381 (302, 481) 5783 (5383, 6213) 588 (544, 635) 647 (606, 691) 58594 (53641, 64004) 167(152, 183) 1290(1224, 1360) 779(732,829)
 P-value 0.41 0.00 0.00 0.98 0.39 0.51 0.83 0.50
Parity d
 Nulliparous 309 (221, 432) 5493 (4863, 6206) 524 (458, 600) 652 (583, 728) 58354 (50588, 67312) 163(142, 188) 1235(1144, 1334) 795(725,872)
 1 311 (205, 470) 5692 (4988, 6495) 494 (427, 572) 625 (554, 705) 57722 (49330, 67542) 156(131, 185) 1230(1119, 1353) 730(651,818)
 2 354 (272, 461) 5174(4772, 5609) 545 (499, 596) 673 (625, 724) 57052 (51789, 62850) 168 (150, 188) 1303(1225, 1385) 747 (694, 804)
 3 348 (245, 493) 4995(4475, 5577) 541 (479, 611) 621 (561, 686) 55593 (48653, 63522) 171(148, 198) 1324(1221, 1435) 759 (689, 836)
 4 or more 417 (250, 693) 4880(4191, 5682) 566 (479, 670) 603 (525, 693) 53713 (44878, 64288) 221 (180, 271) 1287(1150, 1440) 772 (674, 883)
 P-trendf 0.47 0.11 0.28 0.41 0.58 0.03 0.49 0.56
 P-value parous/nulliparous 0.37 0.46 0.79 0.82 0.63 0.50 0.30 0.44
Family history of breast/ovarian cancer d, e
 No 345 (291, 408) 5505 (5181, 5849) 575 (538, 614) 676 (641, 714) 56180 (52631, 59969) 182(169, 196) 1323 (1270, 1377) 785 (747, 824)
 Yes 330(231,471) 5507 (4763, 6368) 525 (448, 615) 734 (644, 836) 54512 (46584, 63790) 172(147,202) 1361(1248, 1485) 808 (728, 897)
 P-value 0.83 1.00 0.30 0.26 0.73 0.53 0.56 0.62
Use of NSAIDs at blood sampling d, e
 No 357 (304, 420) 5609 (5306, 5929) 560 (527, 595) 680 (647, 715) 54106 (50914, 57499) 184(171, 198) 1336(1284, 1390) 783(747,821)
 Yes 332 (229, 483) 4953(4242,5783) 531 (448, 630) 655 (569, 754) 55004 (46325, 65310) 154(131, 180) 1257(1151, 1373) 771 (694, 857)
 P-value 0.73 0.14 0.57 0.63 0.86 0.05 0.22 0.80
Smoking status at blood sampling d
 Never 358 (290, 442) 5167(4837,5519) 514 (481, 550) 665 (628, 703) 54126(49814, 58812) 179(163, 196) 1258(1195, 1323) 743 (701, 789)
 Former 324 (237, 443) 5397(4855,5999) 568 (510, 633) 624(570, 682) 60654 (52942, 69491) 183 (160, 210) 1307(1213, 1409) 869 (796, 948)
 Current 337 (233, 488) 5428 (4829, 6101) 585 (519, 660) 689 (624, 761) 59790 (51297, 69689) 147(125, 173) 1310(1198, 1432) 771(695,855)
 P-value current vs. never 0.64 0.48 0.07 0.61 0.35 0.05 0.47 0.49
 P-value former vs. never 0.70 0.46 0.14 0.25 0.21 0.72 0.36 0.00
25(OH)Dd
 ≤ 50 nmol/L 329 (248, 437) 5558 (5071, 6092) 541 (494, 593) 663 (610, 720) 53340 (48668, 58461) 167(149, 188) 1304(1215, 1399) 743 (684, 806)
 > 50 nmol/L 515(357,743) 5318 (4622, 6119) 559 (486, 642) 678 (598, 769) 60096 (52202, 69184) 193 (166, 225) 1361(1242, 1493) 772 (694, 859)
 P-value 0.07 0.61 0.72 0.77 0.17 0.15 0.48 0.59

Note: NSAIDs: non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, 25(OH)D: 25-hydroxy vitamin D, IL: interleukin, RA: receptor antagonist, Ra: receptor alpha, R: receptor, TNF: tumor necrosis factor All cytokine units are pg/mL.

a

Number of women for whom the biomarker was above the LLD (fewer women may be included in analyses of characteristics with missing data).

b

Model adjusted for study (NYUWHS-OVCA, NYUWHS-NHL, ORDET, NSHDS) and BMI

c

Model adjusted for study (NYUWHS-OVCA, NYUWHS-NHL, ORDET, NSHDS) and age at sampling

d

Models adjusted for study (NYUWHS-OVCA, NYUWHS-NHL, ORDET, NSHDS), age at sampling, and BMI

e

sIL-1RII and sIL-4R were not measured in the NYUWHS-NHL study (n=184 subjects). Because sIL-2Ra was measured in the NYUWHS-NHL study using a different manufacturer’s kit and protocol, the NYUWHS-NHL subjects are not included for this marker. sIL-6R values were above the upper limit of detection for 90% of the NYUWHS-NHL samples, thus the NHL subjects are not included for this marker.

f

P-value for trend among parous women