Table 5.
Cytokine production and age in male and female subjects: regression analysis
| Immunological parameters |
Men (N = 64) |
Women (N = 49) |
Gender difference |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Slope | Intercept | R | p-value | Slope | Intercept | R | p-value | p-value | |
| (a) IFNγ |
−45.2 |
4698 |
0.721 |
0.071 |
−48.1 |
4677 |
0.122 |
0.397 |
NS |
| (b) IL-2 |
−19.2 |
1129 |
0.138 |
0.319 |
−17.2 |
928 |
0.243 |
0.108 |
NS |
| (c) IL-6 |
−293.0 |
18732 |
0.247 |
0.048 |
−488.0 |
29289 |
0.077 |
0.605 |
0.010 |
| (d) IL-10 | −51.6 | 3407 | 0.176 | 0.166 | −28.1 | 1898 | 0.063 | 0.666 | 0.004 |
R: Correlation coefficient. NS: not significant.