Table 3.
Standardized conditional indirect effects (IE) of stress at T1 on infections during chemotherapy (T2) through immune markers at different levels of social support (moderator), indices of moderated mediation, 95% bias corrected confidence intervals.
| Immune markers | IE single people β | IE in a relationship β | Index of moderated mediation β (Boot SE) | [95% BC CI] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CD3+ number | 0.07 | −0.01 | −0.08 (0.26) | [-0.40 to 0.56] |
| CD3+ ratio | 0.01 | −0.05 | −0.06 (0.20) | [-0.41 to 0.43] |
| CD16+ number | 0.21 | 0.00 | −0.21 (0.36) | [-0.80 to 0.43] |
| CD16+ ratio | 0.07 | 0.00 | −0.07 (0.25) | [-0.43 to 0.41] |
| CD56+ number | 0.05 | −0.01 | −0.06 (0.28) | [-0.48 to 0.58] |
| CD56+ ratio | 0.00 | −0.04 | −0.04 (0.16) | [-0.31 to 0.24] |
| CD16/56+ number | 0.20 | −0.01 | −0.20 (0.45) | [-1.06 to 0.39] |
| CD16/56+ ratio | 0.06 | −0.02 | −0.08 (0.37) | [-0.45 to 0.36] |
| Neutrophils, absolute count | 0.02 | −0.04 | −0.06 (0.14) | [-0.30 to 0.24] |
| Neutrophils, percentage | 0.00 | −0.02 | −0.0 (0.19) | [-0.40 to 0.69] |
Note. Standardized beta (β) quantifies the variation of the dependent variable, in standard deviation, associated with each increase of one standard deviation on the independent variable, through the mediator. N = 44 for all analyses except the percentage of neutrophils for which N = 39.
∗ Effects are significant when confidence intervals (CI) exclude zero.