Univariate and multivariate associations between inflammatory markers and health-related variables, personality traits and deprivation grouping, and the interaction of personality and deprivation.

The outcome of initial univariate analysis shows associations between inflammatory marker and independent variables including the interactions of neuroticism (N), extraversion (E) and psychoticism (P) with deprivation status. Multivariate model determined by backward stepwise regression. aBMI (body mass index). bDepression = depression sub-scale of GHQ-28. cNART (National Adult Reading Test).