Association between Low Muscle Mass and Inflammatory Cytokines
Table 1
Demographics, clinical characteristics, laboratory data, and inflammatory cytokines.
Total ()
Nonelderly ()
Elderly ()
Male/female
127/172
49/96
78/76
0.004
Age (yrs)
<0.001
BMI (kg/m2)
0.616
ASMI (kg/m2)
0.806
N/L
257/42
127/18
130/24
0.506
BFP (%)
0.014
Smoking history (y/n)
39/260
22/123
17/137
0.307
Hypertension (y/n)
90/209
24/121
66/88
<0.001
Diabetes (y/n)
22/277
9/136
13/141
0.303
Hyperlipidemia (y/n)
92/207
33/112
59/95
0.003
HbA1c (%)
<0.001
Alb (serum albumin) (g/dl)
<0.049
AST (aspartate transaminase) (U/I)
<0.001
ALT (alanine aminotransferase) (U/I)
0.355
T-cho (mg/dl)
0.015
BUN (mg/dl)
<0.001
Cre (mg/dl)
<0.001
CRP (mg/dl)
0.039
TNF-alpha (pg/ml)
0.695
IL-6 (pg/ml)
0.270
MCP-1 (pg/ml)
0.688
BMI: body mass index; BFP: body fat percentage; ASMI: appendicular skeletal muscle mass; appendicular soft lean mass/(height)2; N/L: N group ( kg/m2 and 5.7 kg/m2 in men and women, respectively)/L group ( kg/m2 and 5.7 kg/m2 in men and women, respectively).
