Table 1.
Associations between inflammatory factors and sex, child age, adiposity (BMI and %fat mass), seasons and innate immune cell proportions.
| GlycA | 95% CI | p-value | hsCRP | 95%CI | p-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adjusted for | Log10(mmol/L) | Log10(ug/ml) | ||||||
| Sex (compared to female) | -0,01 | (-0.02, 0.01) | 0,285 | -0,33 | ||||
|
Log10
(Age, yr) |
Sex | 0,03 | (-0.21, 0.26) | 0,820 | -0,30 | |||
| BMI z-score | 0,01 | (0.00, 0.02) | 0,010 | 0,16 | ||||
|
Log10
(%Fat Mass) |
Sex, Age | 0,19 | (-0.01, 0.39) | 0,061 | 4,52 | |||
| Summer | -0,03 | (-0.05, -0.02) | <0.0001 | -0,34 | ||||
| Season (compared to Winter) | Autumn | -0,02 | (-0.03, 0.00) | 0,035 | -0,63 | |||
| Spring | 0,02 | (-0.04, 0.00) | 0,017 | -0,38 | ||||
| Granulocytes (% of WB) | 0,14 | (0.08, 0.21) | <0.0001 | 3,85 | ||||
| Innate Immune Populations | Log10(Monocytes, % of WB) | Sex, Age | -0,03 | (-0.08, 0.02) | 0,684 | 0,24 | ||
| Log10 (activated nonclassical Monocytes, % of total monocytes) |
0,00 | (-0.02, 0.02) | 0,730 | 0,65 |
Linear regression analysis, *denotes adjusted for sex. Beta coefficients (units=Log10(mmol/L GlycA or ug/ml hsCRP) per variable) with 95% confidence interval (CI) and p value. The strength of association is denoted by either shades of blue (negative) or red (positive).