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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 May 15.
Published in final edited form as: J Neuroimmunol. 2018 Feb 22;318:80–86. doi: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2018.02.011

Table 4.

Unadjusted and adjusted associations between cytokine levels and symptoms of depression, anxiety, and psychological distress

Cytokine (pg/ul) SCL-90-R depression score SCL-90-R anxiety score SCL-90-R Psychological distress score
Unadjusted* β (SE) Unadjusted β (SE) Adjusted β (SE) Unadjusted β (SE) Adjusted β (SE)
IL-6 0.15 (0.05) −0.04 (0.04) −0.03 (0.04) 0.14 (0.05) 0.12 (0.06)
TNF-a 0.14 (0.06) −0.04 (0.05) −0.04 (0.06) 0.10 (0.07) 0.12 (0.08)
INF-g 0.09 (0.07) ~ −0.07 (0.03) −0.08 (0.04) 0.09 (0.05) ~ 0.05 (0.06)
Il-10 0.09 (0.04) −0.02 (0.03) −0.03 (0.03) 0.06 (0.05) 0.002 (0.05)

Note: Bold indicates p-value≤0.05

*

No adjusted model for Depression score because no covariates significant in bivariate analysis

Anxiety adjusted for age, chronic illness, and study site

Psychological distress adjusted for weekly/daily over the counter medication use and study site

~

p-value=0.07