Table 1.

Absolute Cytokine Levels before and after the TSST

(N=35)	Interleukin-1β, pg/ml	lnterleukin-6, pg/ml
TSST baseline, M(SD)*	0.17 (0.14)	4.01 (13.77)
50 minutes after TSST baseline, M(SD)*	0.23 (0.24)	5.13 (14.74)

^*Note: The means and their standard deviations (M(SD)), given here, are intended merely to provide a rough benchmark of overall levels, but should not be taken as a statistical estimate of central tendency due to the skewed nature of cytokine data prior to log-transformation. All other analyses presented herein utilize log-transformed variables. TSST = Trier Social Stress Task.