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Table 5. Results of Spearman's rank-order correlation.

	K10	PSS	SWB	PA	hsCRP	IL6	TNF	IL6₁	IL6₂	TNF	CRP	LINE-1
Questionnaires
1. K10	—
2. PSS	0.654**	—
3. SWB	−0.445*	−0.128	—
4. PA	−0.097	−0.273	−0.025	—

Proteins
5. hsCRP	0.089	0.337^†	0.113	0.199	—
6. IL6	−0.061	0.040	−0.188	0.001	−0.003	—
7. TNF	−0.034	0.245	−0.028	−0.149	0.059	0.608^**	—

DNA methylation
8. IL6₁	−0.031	0.096	0.400^†	−0.099	−0.119	0.069	0.312	—
9. IL6₂	0.006	0.082	0.290	−0.093	0.121	−0.219	−0.107	−0.020	—
10. TNF	0.242	0.154	0.046	−0.011	0.001	−0.222	0.017	0.129	0.038	—
11. CRP	−0.237	−0.053	0.364^†	−0.398^†	−0.031	−0.214	0.021	0.126	0.323^†	0.211	—
12. LINE-1	0.126	0.409*	−0.125	−0.382^†	0.202	−0.114	−0.057	−0.008	0.074	0.053	0.384^†	—

Abbreviations: hsCRP, high-sensitivity C-reactive protein; IL, interleukin; K10, psychological distress; PA, positive affect; PSS, Perceived Stress Scale; SWB, subjective well-being; TNF, tumour necrosis factor.

**P<0.01; *P<0.05; ^†P<0.10 (two-tailed tests).