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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Hum Biol. 2012 Jun 13;39(4):267–274. doi: 10.3109/03014460.2012.692810

Table IV.

Regression model testing interaction between low IL-6 and high IL-10 as predictors of offspring birth weight, stratified on sex of offspring.1

Model 1
β(SE)		 p-value Model 2
β(SE)		 p-value
Males (n=221)
 Low IL-6 49.0 (92.3) 0.596 -18.1 (102.9) 0.861
 High IL-10 181.4 (101.1) 0.075 88.3 (121.9) 0.470
 IL-6 X IL-10 - 330.9 (202.2) 0.104
  model R2 0.119 0.130
Females (n=198)
 Low IL-6 133.1 (82.1) 0.107 93.5 (101.0) 0.356
 High IL-10 −20.5 (84.4) 0.808 −62.3 (101.7) 0.541
 IL-6 X IL-10 - 171.4 (169.4) 0.313
  model R2 0.157 0.161
1

All models adjust for mother’s age at birth, stature and body mass index, prenatal care, first born status, mother’s education and schooling, household assets, and oral contraceptive use and infectious disease symptoms at the time of cytokine measurement.