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Table 3 Crude and adjusted associations between quartiles of inflammatory proteins and HSCL-10

From: Are pro-inflammatory markers associated with psychological distress in a cross-sectional study of healthy adolescents 15–17 years of age? The Fit Futures study

  Crude analysis Adjusted analysis
n Odds ratio (95% CI) p-value n Odds ratio (95% CI) p-value
Girls
CRP quartiles 394 1.18 (0.96, 1.45) 0.11 389 1.11 (0.90, 1.39) 0.33
IL-6 quartiles 398 1.21 (0.98, 1.48) 0.08 393 1.15 (0.92, 1.42) 0.22
TGF-α quartiles 398 1.01 (0.82, 1.24) 0.92 393 1.03 (0.83, 1.28) 0.80
TRANCE quartiles 398 1.07 (0.87, 1.31) 0.53 393 1.13 (0.90, 1.40) 0.29
TWEAK quartiles 398 1.02 (0.83, 1.25) 0.84 393 1.11 (0.89, 1.38) 0.35
Boys
CRP quartiles 429 1.04 ( 0.79, 1.37) 0.79 420 1.00 (0.75, 1.33) 0.98
IL-6 quartiles 444 1.05 (0.80, 1.38) 0.73 435 0.99 (0.75, 1.32) 0.95
TGF-α quartiles 444 1.20 (0.91, 1.58) 0.19 435 1.190 (0.89, 1.59) 0.23
TRANCE quartiles 445 0.99 (0.76, 1.30) 0.95 436 0.99 (0.75, 1.30) 0.91
TWEAK quartiles 445 0.87 (0.66, 1.14) 0.31 436 0.88 (0.62, 1.16) 0.35
  1. For girls, the adjusted models for CRP, IL-6, TGF-α and TRANCE included the following covariates: smoking, physical activity and chronic disease
  2. The adjusted TWEAK model included the following covariates: smoking, snuffing tobacco, physical activity and chronic disease
  3. For boys, adjusted model for all inflammatory markers included the following covariates: physical activity, sleep and chronic disease
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BMC Psychology

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