Table 3.

Associations of blood plasma proteins with mature and immature dendritic cell proportions in the cohort.

Cell type	Year	Protein	Adjusted for age and sex			Adjusted for diabetes presence
			β	95% CI for β	P-value	β	95% CI for β	P-value
mDC	2014	TNFRSF9	1.96	(0.52, 3.40)	0.009	1.70	(0.33, 3.07)	0.017
		CCL4	1.59	(0.17, 3.00)	0.031	1.70	(0.39, 3.01)	0.013
		TGF-α	1.74	(0.32, 3.16)	0.019	1.46	(0.07, 2.85)	0.043
		β-NGF	1.51	(0.07, 2.96)	0.044	1.44	(0.07, 2.81)	0.044
	2004	TNFRSF9	2.23	(0.87, 3.60)	0.002	2.14	(0.83, 3.45)	0.002
imDC	2014	TNFRSF9	−0.034	(−0.065, −0.002)	0.039	−0.033	(−0.063, −0.002)	0.039
		IL-10Rβ	−0.034	(−0.065, −0.002)	0.039	−0.033	(−0.063, −0.002)	0.039
	2004	HGF	0.032	(0.001, 0.063)	0.049	0.036	(0.005, 0.067)	0.024