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