Rate of increase in IL-6

Death of impaired spouse has no effect on rate of increase in IL-6 in humans.

“mean annual changes in IL-6 among former caregivers did not differ from that of current caregivers even several years after the death of the impaired spouse”

Humans6 yearsn = 119

Chronic stress and age-related increases in the proinflammatory cytokine IL-6

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America·2 Jul 2003