I

II

III

(Partial) correlations¹ of each variable with logIL-6

Standardized beta from multiple regression with full set of predictors for logIL-6

Regression estimates (SE) from multiple regression with full set of predictors for logIL-6

Standardized beta from multiple regression with sex-specific reduced set of variables predicting logIL-6

females

males

total sample

females

males

females

males

females

males

Age

−0.02

0.29^*

−0.002 (0.016)

0.020 (0.010)^*

0.01

0.30^*

BMI

0.10

0.15

0.026 (0.043)

0.025 (0.023)

0.10

0.12

A

−0.32^*

−0.04

0.13

−0.51 (p = 0.11)

−0.02

−0.086 (0.053)

−0.002 (0.017)

−0.35^*

--

C

−0.03

−0.35^*

−0.03

0.26 (p = 0.18)

−0.16

0.025 (0.018)

−0.018 (0.017)

0.16 (p = 0.33)

--

E

−0.15

−0.17

−0.03

−0.20

0.07

−0.021 (0.019)

0.007 (0.015)

--

--

N

0.11

0.27

0.25^*

−0.18

0.22 (p = 0.17)

−0.028 (0.030)

0.028 (0.020)

--

0.24 (p = 0.06)

O

−0.27

0.42^*

0.47^*

0.10

0.34^*

0.011 (0.032)

0.013 (0.005)^*

--

0.38^*

Level of exercise

−0.24

−0.30^*

−0.36^*

−0.24

(p = 0.17)

−0.19

(p = 0.17)

−0.313 (0.223)

−0.211 (0.150)

−0.19

(p = 0.26)

−0.21

(p = 0.09)

R²

0.23 (p = 0.30)

0.39

 (p = 0.007)

0.19 (p = 0.16)

0.38

(p = 0.001)