Table 4. Spearman’s correlations for changes in cytokines, FEV1, sickness behaviour, asthma-related quality of life and self-rated health between baseline and follow-up in women.
| Women | IL-5 | IL-6 | FEV1 | Sickness | SRH | mAQLQ |
| IL-5 | 1.0000 | |||||
| IL-6 | -0.0557 | 1.0000 | ||||
| FEV11 | -0.0748 | 0.0235 | 1.0000 | |||
| Sickness2 | 0.0507 | 0.0651 | -0.0616 | 1.0000 | ||
| SRH3 | -0.1839 | -0.0384 | -0.0875 | -0.2122* | 1.0000 | |
| mAQLQ4 | 0.0369 | 0.0512 | 0.0701 | 0.0479 | -0.3378** | 1.0000 |
*p<0.05;
**p<0.01;
***p<0.001
1 Percent predicted
2Composite variable of rating of energy, sleep, memory, fitness and appetite where higher scores denotes more pronounced sickness behaviour
3Higher scores on self-rated health denote worse self-rated health
4Higher scores denotes better asthma-related quality of life