Table 2.

Covariate-effect analysis by probatory ART-analyses

Variables	Effect of single covariates in probatory ART-analyses (p-values)
	Age	Gender	BMI	Smoking (cigarettes/day)	Disease duration	Cortisol	Relevant covariate(s) for final ART-analyses
Neutrophils-T0	0.644	0.872	0.157	< 0.001	0.539	0.499	Smoking
Neutrophils-T6	0.898	0.855	0.368	0.010	0.928	0.990	Smoking
Eosinophils-T0	0.644	0.072	0.014	< 0.001	0.590	0.499	BMI + smoking
Eosinophils-T6	0.896	0.268	0.330	0.023	0.772	0.723	Smoking
Basophils-T0	0.644	0.765	0.532	0.130	0.515	0.866	nrci
Basophils-T6	0.178	0.268	0.368	0.170	0.833	0.875	nrci
Monocytes-T0	0.644	0.009	0.035	0.002	0.539	0.892	Gender + BMI + smoking
Monocytes-T6	0.896	0.082	0.395	0.010	0.626	0.723	Smoking
Lymphocytes-T0	0.363	0.552	0.003	0.001	0.515	0.892	BMI + smoking
Lymphocytes-T6	0.896	0.855	0.213	0.023	0.772	0.723	Smoking
CRP-T0	0.999	0.062	< 0.001	0.094	0.662	0.776	BMI
CRP-T6	0.896	0.906	< 0.001	0.226	0.626	0.723	BMI

Factors that had a significant influence on respective cell counts or CRP were included as covariates in the final ART model

Nrci no relevant covariate identified

Significant p values are highlighted in bold font