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Table 2 Parameters of model explaining oxidative status biomarkers in pregnant women with A. lumbricoides using cytokines (with SD = standard deviation of the slope)a

From: Analysis of oxidative status, inflammatory cytokines, and Ascaris lumbricoides infection in women at a health district in Bamenda, Northwest, Cameroon

Independent variables

Dependent variables

Slope

R2

Value (SD)

95% CI

Value

F

P

IL-10

TOS

−0.060 (0.04)

−0.156 to 0.036

0.083

1.719

0.205

 

TAC

0.524 (0.33)

−0.167 to 1.214

0.117

2.520

0.129

 

OSI

−0.042 (0.02)

−0.089 to 0.005

0.156

3.500

0.077

IL-12

NO

−0.264 (0.13)

−0.538 to 0.010

0.176

4.062

0.048

TNFα

SOD

−0.006 (0.00)

−0.013 to 0.002

0.113

2.413

0.137

IL-1β

CAT

−0.168 (0.18)

−0.562 to 0.226

0.040

0.797

0.383

 

MDA

0.039 (0.01)

0.001 to 0.076

0.195

4.615

0.045

  1. aOnly significant variables remaining after backwards elimination are shown. Values in bold correspond for each variable to the factor for which the p-value is significant. Probability for entry: 0.05/probability for removal: 0.1