Cardiovascular Psychiatry and Neurology

Clinical Study

Ways of Coping and Biomarkers of an Increased Atherothrombotic Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Elderly Individuals

Table 2

Multivariate linear regression model for the relationship between seeking social support and individual biomarkers.


Entered variables	Interleukin-8		Serum amyloid A		C-reactive protein		Soluble VCAM-1		D-dimer
Entered variables	Partial corr.	value	Partial corr.	value	Partial corr.	value	Partial corr.	value	Partial corr.	value

Age	0.036	0.688	−0.001	0.989	0.041	0.649	0.124	0.164	0.368	<0.001
Female gender	0.078	0.385	0.142	0.111	0.167	0.061	−0.064	0.471	0.169	0.058
Body mass index	0.053	0.552	0.203	0.022	0.215	0.015	0.123	0.169	0.014	0.873
LDL-C/HDL-C ratio	−0.017	0.846	−0.008	0.925	0.111	0.214	0.026	0.774	−0.006	0.951
Systolic blood pressure	−0.065	0.469	0.158	0.077	0.175	0.049	0.067	0.4522	0.046	0.604
Ever smoker	0.016	0.860	0.009	0.924	0.062	0.492	−0.013	0.884	0.059	0.508
Diabetes	0.076	0.398	−0.078	0.381	−0.095	0.288	−0.113	0.207	0.015	0.867
Any cardiovascular disease	−0.105	0.240	−0.076	0.395	−0.080	0.369	0.044	0.623	0.094	0.295
Fasting state	−0.206	0.020	0.033	0.716	0.013	0.881	0.097	0.280	−0.051	0.566
Seeking social support	−0.264	0.003	0.289	0.001	0.223	0.012	0.204	0.021	0.190	0.032

Model statistic
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Partial corr.: partial correlation coefficient, significant values are in bold.