. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Feb 1.

Published in final edited form as: Brain Behav Immun. 2017 Oct 3;68:90–97. doi: 10.1016/j.bbi.2017.10.004

Table 3.

Spearman correlations of mental stress-induced changes in inflammatory biomarkers (MIPS Study).

	IL-6 response	MMP-9 response	MCP-1 response	HsCRP response
IL-6 response	–	–	–	–
MMP-9 response	0.15^**	–	–	–
MCP-1 response	0.27^**	0.09^*	–	–
Hs-CRP response	0.07^*	0.03	−0.02	–

Abbreviations: IL-6, interleukin-6; MCP-1, monocyte chemoattractant protein-1; MMP-9, matrix metallopeptidase 9; HsCRP, high-sensitivity C reactive protein.

Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level.

^**

Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level.