Research Article
[Retracted] Association between Elderly Sarcopenia and Inflammatory Cytokine Interleukin-17: A Cross-Sectional Study
Table 1
Basic characteristics of study sample.
| | Variable | Sarcopenia () | Nonsarcopenia () | |
| | Age (y) | | | <0.001 | | Male (%) | 45 (42.86) | 50 (47.62) | 0.488 | | BMI (kg/m2) | | | 0.009 | | Hypertension (%) | 45 (42.86) | 47 (44.76) | 0.781 | | Diabetes (%) | 24 (22.86) | 26 (24.76) | 0.746 | | Coronary artery disease (%) | 25 (23.81) | 24 (22.86) | 0.870 | | Smoke (%) | 31 (29.52) | 29 (27.62) | 0.760 | | Drink (%) | 28 (26.67) | 30 (28.57) | 0.758 | | Sport (%) | 10 (9.52) | 23 (21.90) | 0.014 | | SMI (kg/m2) | | | <0.001 | | Grip strength (kg) | | | <0.001 | | Gait speed (m/s) | | | <0.001 | | MNA- (%) | 78 (74.29) | 59 (56.19) | 0.006 | | TG (mmol/L) | | | 0.746 | | TCHOL (mmol/L) | | | 0.649 | | LDL-C (mmol/L) | | | 0.375 | | Hb (g/L) | | | 0.573 | | ALB (g/L) | | | 0.063 | | Pre-ALB (mg/L) | | | <0.001 |
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