Immune suppression of IgG response against dairy proteins in major depression

BMC Psychiatry

Table 4 Cytokines and cortisol concentrations in patients and controls

Variable	Normal controls (n = 29)		Depressed patients (n = 34)		t ^a	p
Variable	M	SEM	M	SEM	t ^a	p
TNF-α [pg/ml]	1.7	0.13	1.09	0.4	4.256	<0.001**
IL-6 [pg/ml]	1.26	0.1	2.07	2.58	−1.662	0.101
IL-1b [pg/ml]	0.43	0.26	0.122	0.14	1.087	0.282
Cortisol [μg/ml]	136.35	10.29	174.76	12.08	2.375	0.021*

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