Table 2.

Mean inflammatory biomarker levels based on degree of chronic financial strain among Health, Aging and Body Composition Study participants not working for pay (n= 2155)

	No chronic financial strain (40%)	Low financial strain	High financial strain	P value
Mean IL-6 (pg/mL) (SE)	2.13 (0.06)	2.40 (0.08)	2.55 (0.09)	<0.001
Mean TNF-α (pg/mL) (SE)	3.51 (0.06)	3.51 (0.07)	3.44 (0.06)	0.449
Mean CRP (μg/mL) (SE)	2.06 (0.06)	2.28 (0.07)	2.40 (0.08)	<0.001

Multiply imputed data used to obtain estimated values. P values were obtained from ordered logistic regression comparing mean biomarker value across chronic financial strain groups. CRP, C reactive protein; IL-6, interleukin 6; TNF-α, tumour necrosis factor-α.