Table 3.
Associations of Social Support and Biomarkers of Inflammation
| Log CRP | Log IL-6 | Log TNF-α | Log VEGF | |||||||||||||
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| Model 1a | Model 1b | Model 2a | Model 2b | Model 3a | Model 3b | Model 4a | Model 4b | |||||||||
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| Coeff. (SE) |
p- value |
Coeff. (SE) |
p- value |
Coeff. (SE) |
p- value |
Coeff. (SE) |
p- value |
Coeff. (SE) |
p- value |
Coeff. (SE) |
p- value |
Coeff. (SE) |
p- value |
Coeff. (SE) |
p- value |
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| Satisfaction with social support | −0.044 | 0.090 | −0.002 | 0.950 | −0.090 | 0.011 | −0.032 | 0.391 | −0.043 | 0.004 | −0.036 | 0.025 | −0.037 | 0.158 | −0.038 | 0.174 |
| (0.026) | (0.027) | (0.035) | (0.038) | (0.015) | (0.016) | (0.026) | (0.028) | |||||||||
| N=906 | N=847 | N=999 | N=926 | |||||||||||||
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| Level of social support (1=high) | −0.039 | 0.481 | −0.016 | 0.766 | −0.099 | 0.199 | −0.068 | 0.368 | −0.083 | 0.012 | −0.076 | 0.022 | 0.046 | 0.417 | 0.029 | 0.612 |
| (0.055) | (0.055) | (0.077) | (0.076) | (0.033) | (0.033) | (0.057) | (0.057) | |||||||||
| N=872 | N=823 | N=965 | N=894 | |||||||||||||
Notes: Results of OLS regression models. Coefficient estimates, standard errors, and corresponding p-values are presented. Models with the subscript “a” adjust for age, sex, and race. Models with the subscript “b” adjust for age, sex, race, marital status, education, smoking, physical activity, alcohol use, cancer stage, and incident/prevalent case status.