A Combination of Serum Biomarkers in Elderly Patients with Sarcopenia: A Cross-Sectional Observational Study

Table 3

Analysis of levels of inflammatory cytokines by gender.

Variable	Males (n = 43)			Females (n = 27)
	Sarcopenia (n = 21)	Non-sarcopenia (n = 22)	value	Sarcopenia (n = 14)	Non-sarcopenia (n = 13)	value
IL-6 (pg/ml)	15.83 ± 6.79	10.13 ± 4.39	0.002	13.95 ± 6.09	10.54 ± 4.26	0.041
IL-17A (pg/ml)	6.03 ± 1.64	4.65 ± 2.43	0.035	7.86 ± 3.33	5.04 ± 2.70	0.023
IL-10 (pg/ml)	3.01 ± 1.49	4.48 ± 1.81	0.006	2.86 ± 1.20	3.62 ± 1.83	0.058
TNF-α (pg/ml)	8.06 ± 4.46	5.64 ± 2.88	0.040	8.43 ± 3.92	4.24 ± 2.92	0.004

IL-6: interleukin-6; IL-17A: interleukin-17A; IL-10: interleukin-10; TNF-α: tumor necrosis factor-α. ; .