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Table 3 Parameters of model explaining oxidative status biomarkers in non-pregnant women with A. lumbricoides using cytokines (with SD = standard deviation of the slope)

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

95% CI

Value

F

p

IL-1β

TOS

−0.366 (0.27)

−0.961 to 0.230

0.13

1.791

0.206

 

OSI

−0.372 (0.16)

−0.725 to −0.019

0.305

5.272

0.040

 

NO

0.313 (0.09)

0.101 to 0.524

0.752

16.65

0.008

IL-10

TAC

0.044 (0.04)

−0.047 to 0.136

0.085

1.117

0.311

 

NO

0.011 (0.002)

0.006 to 0.015

0.512

4.912

0.000

 

SOD

0.000 (0.00)

−0.001 to 0.000

0.083

28.387

0.319

TNF-α

CAT

0.131 (0.07)

−0.038 to 0.299

0.191

2.836

0.118

 

MDA

−0.012 (0.00)

−0.032 to 0.008

0.123

1.68

0.219

  1. Only significant variables remaining after forwards 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