Table 2.

The associations between social network index and inflammatory markers

	ln(CRP)			Fibrinogen			Albumin
	b	(s.e.)	P value	b	(s.e.)	P value	b	(s.e.)	P value
Model 1: adjusted for age and sex
SNI = 4 (High)	ref			ref			ref
3	0.13	0.07		13.29	7.94		−0.04	0.03
2	0.16	0.07	0.028	22.64	8.26	0.038	−0.02	0.03	0.380
0-1 (Low)	0.24	0.08		20.82	9.26		−0.06	0.04
Model 2: adjusted for all covariates
SNI = 4 (High)	ref			ref			ref
3	0.09	0.07		10.69	7.97		−0.02	0.03
2	0.09	0.07	0.413	18.31	8.44	0.190	−0.01	0.03	0.751
0-1 (Low)	0.13	0.08		13.53	9.59		−0.03	0.04

Notes: p values are from the χ² test for the group difference across SNI scores of 0–4; covariates in Model 2 include age, sex, race, education, income, smoking, drinking, physical activity, BMI, chronic illnesses, self-rated health, and cholesterol medication.