Table 5 Cytokine production and age in male and female subjects: regression analysis
From: Slower immune system aging in women versus men in the Japanese population
Immunological parameters | Men (N = 64) | Women (N = 49) | Gender difference | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Slope | Intercept | R | p-value | Slope | Intercept | R | p-value | p-value | |
(a) IFNγ | −45.2 | 4698 | 0.721 | 0.071 | −48.1 | 4677 | 0.122 | 0.397 | NS |
(b) IL-2 | −19.2 | 1129 | 0.138 | 0.319 | −17.2 | 928 | 0.243 | 0.108 | NS |
(c) IL-6 | −293.0 | 18732 | 0.247 | 0.048 | −488.0 | 29289 | 0.077 | 0.605 | 0.010 |
(d) IL-10 | −51.6 | 3407 | 0.176 | 0.166 | −28.1 | 1898 | 0.063 | 0.666 | 0.004 |