Association between Low Muscle Mass and Inflammatory Cytokines

Table 2

Comparison of demographics, clinical characteristics, laboratory data, and inflammatory cytokines between the N and L groups in nonelderly participants.

Nonelderly	N ()	L ()
Male/female	45/82	4/14	0.202
Age (yrs)			0.004
BMI (kg/m^2)			<0.001
BFP (%)			0.017
Gait speed (m/s)			0.502
Smoking history (y/n)	20/107	2/16	1.000
Hypertension (y/n)	22/105	2/16	0.394
Diabetes (y/n)	8/119	1/17	0.690
Hyperlipidemia (y/n)	31/96	2/16	0.170
HbA1c (%)			0.276
Alb (g/dl)			0.472
AST (U/I)			0.833
ALT (U/I)			0.248
T-cho (mg/dl)			0.869
BUN (mg/dl)			0.393
Cre (mg/dl)			0.129
CRP (mg/dl)			0.046
TNF-alpha (pg/ml)			0.776
IL-6 (pg/ml)			0.823
MCP-1 (pg/ml)			0.328

BMI: body mass index; BFP: body fat percentage; N: N group ( kg/m² and 5.7 kg/m² in men and women, respectively); L: L group ( kg/m² and 5.7 kg/m² in men and women, respectively); ASMI: appendicular skeletal muscle mass; appendicular soft lean mass/(height)².