Better understanding of c-reactive protein and leukocytes in psychiatric inpatients with affective disorders: A biopsychosocial approach

Table 2 Somatic, demographic, and psychiatric variables predicting C-reactive protein levels in individuals with affective disorders within hierarchical regression analysis

Variable	B	95% CI(B)		SEB	β	R2	ΔR2
		LL	UL
Step 1						0.25	0.25c
Constant	-1.90c	-0.89	-0.9	0.5	0.08
Metabolic syndrome	0.23	-0.31	0.76	0.27	0.08
Somatic medication	0.45a	0.06	0.84	0.2	0.17
BMI	0.10c	0.05	0.14	0.02	0.3
Step 2						0.29	0.04a
Constant	-1.1	-2.32	0.13	0.62
Metabolic syndrome	0.16	-0.38	0.69	0.27	0.06
Somatic medication	0.26	-0.16	0.69	0.21	0.1
BMI	0.08c	0.04	0.13	0.02	0.33
Age	0.02a	0	0.03	0.01	0.18
Education	-0.19a	-0.35	-0.04	0.08	-0.18
Step 3						0.34	0.05b
Constant	-1.42a	-2.63	-0.21	0.61
Metabolic syndrome	0.14	-0.37	0.66	0.26	0.05
Somatic medication	0.33	-0.08	0.74	0.21	0.12
BMI	0.09c	0.04	0.14	0.02	0.37
Age	-0.01	-0.03	0.01	0.01	-0.09
Education	-0.22c	-0.37	-0.07	0.08	-0.21
Age of diagnosis	0.03c	0.01	0.05	0.01	0.34

^aP < 0.05.

^bP < 0.01.

^cP < 0.001.

BMI: Body mass index; CI: Confidence interval; LL: Lower limit; UL: Upper limit; SE: Standard error.