Association between Low Muscle Mass and Inflammatory Cytokines

Table 3

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

Elderly	N ()	L ()
Male/female	67/63	11/13	0.385
Age (yrs)			0.002
BMI (kg/m^2)			<0.001
BFP (%)			0.082
Gait speed (m/s)			0.257
Smoking history (y/n)	13/117	4/20	0.307
Hypertension (y/n)	57/73	9/15	0.365
Diabetes (y/n)	9/121	4/20	0.122
Hyperlipidemia (y/n)	50/80	9/15	0.560
HbA1c (%)			0.889
Alb (g/dl)			0.323
AST (U/I)			0.356
ALT (U/I)			0.185
T-cho (mg/dl)			0.464
BUN (mg/dl)			0.936
Cre (mg/dl)			0.974
CRP (mg/dl)			0.707
TNF-alpha (pg/ml)			0.041
IL-6 (pg/ml)			0.442
MCP-1 (pg/ml)			0.864

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.