Table 3.

Mean Levels of Interleukin-6 and Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha (Raw Data) by Lifetime Intimate Partner Violence Exposure Status at the Four Assessments

	IL-6, pg/mL (mean, SD)		TNF-α, pg/mL (mean, SD)
Assessment	IPV positive	IPV negative	IPV positive	IPV negative
18 weeks of gestation	1.98 (1.4)	2.17 (1.7)	1.63 (2.8)	0.93 (1.5) p < 0.05*
32 weeks of gestation	2.25 (1.4)	2.60 (1.8)	1.30 (1.5)	1.20 (1.6)
6 weeks postpartum	2.85 (2.2)	2.31 (2.1)	3.76 (6.7)	2.04 (2.9)
6 months postpartum	1.85 (1.3)	2.35 (2.1)	1.71 (1.6)	1.68 (1.7)

IL-6, interleukin-6; TNF-α, tumor necrosis factor alpha.

^*Statistically significant at p < 0.05.