. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Oct 1.

Published in final edited form as: Brain Behav Immun. 2015 Apr 29;49:86–93. doi: 10.1016/j.bbi.2015.04.012

Table 2.

Pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokine (pg/ml) levels (mean ± SE) and cortisol area under the curve (AUC) during the prenatal period through 6-months postpartum

	Prenatal	Day 7	Day 14	Month 1	Month 2	Month 3	Month 6
IL-6	1.86 (±.20)	3.08^** (±.28)	1.85 (±.19)	1.93 (±.21)	1.82 (±.28)	2.06^* (±.49)	1.73^* (±.18)
IFNγ	1.71 (±.16)	3.12^** (±.49)	2.37^** (±.27)	3.01^** (±.38)	2.12^** (±.20)	2.88^** (±.58)	2.46^** (±.36)
TNFα	5.49 (±.29)	6.27^** (±.37)	6.22^** (±.34)	6.84^** (±.37)	6.30^** (±.35)	6.85^** (±.42)	6.95^* (±.52)
IL-1β	0.52 (±.07)	1.06^** (±.39)	0.76^** (±.13)	1.38^** (±.49)	0.90^* (±.21)	0.78^* (±.14)	0.81^* (±.18)
IL-10	7.32 (±1.95)	9.72^** (±2.96)	10.19^* (±4.13)	10.50 (±3.21)	11.70 (±4.73)	10.87 (±3.66)	11.81 (±3.87)
IL-8	4.10 (±.37)	6.02^** (±.22)	6.52^** (±.75)	5.99^** (±.79)	5.94^** (±1.08)	5.69^** (±.76)	5.66^** (±1.02)
Cortisol AUC	3.29 (±.09)	2.35^** (±.08)	1.96^** (±.07)	1.68^** (±.06)	1.72^** (±.14)	1.60^** (±.05)	1.64^** (±.09)

For comparisons against prenatal levels:

indicates p≤0.05,

^**

indicates p≤0.005