Research Article

Association of Pulse Pressure with Serum TNF-α and Neutrophil Count in the Elderly

Table 3

Anthropometric, biochemical, and hematological characteristics of elderly women with high pulse pressure (≧65 mmHg).

PP 65 mmHgPP 65 mmHg value

Age (years) 0.001
BMI (kg/m2) 0.404
Body fat percentage (%) 0.417
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) 0.000
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg) 0.003
Pulse pressure (mmHg) 0.000
Plasma glucose (mg/dL) 0.736
Insulin ( U/mL) 0.511
HOMA-IR 0.446
Total cholesterol (mg/dL) 0.238
HDL-cholesterol (mg/dL) 0.026
LDL-cholesterol (mg/dL) 0.837
Triglyceride (mg/dL) 0.556
Serum uric acid (mg/dL) 0.462
Serum creatinine (mg/dL) 0.185
Cystatin C (mg/L) 0.005
eGFR (mL/min/1.73 m2) 0.204
Leptin (ng/mL) 0.984
Adiponectin ( g/mL) 0.300
hsCRP ( g/dL) 0.069
Log hsCRP 0.007
TNF- (pg/mL) 0.009
Log TNF- 0.014
PAI-1 (ng/mL) 0.329
IL-6 (pg/mL) 0.084
Log IL-6 (pg/mL) 0.049
Neutrophils (×103/ L) 0.003
Lymphocytes 0.716
Monocytes (×103/ L) 0.011
Leukocytes (×103/ L) 0.007
Hemoglobin (g/dL) 0.094

Data are mean SD. Abbreviations are the same as in Table 1.