Spearman correlations between age on the one hand and plasma IL-6, IL-8, IL-10, TNF-α and MCP-1 at t1 as well as unstimulated and LPS-induced IL-1β, IL-6 and TNF-α production by PBMCs, in each case separately for PTSD patients and control participants, were calculated. Here, TNF is linked to post-traumatic stress disorder.