Table 5.

Markers of inflammation according to the amount of body fat and age group

Variables	NEF (T1)		WEF (T3)
	Adults n = 33	Older adults n = 45	Adults n = 33	Older adults n = 44
IL-1 ($\mu g/mL$)	14.7 (14.1 – 15.4)	9.4 (7.4 –11.2)a	11.7 (8.7 – 14.7)	8.0 (6.6 – 10)b
IL-6 ($\mu g/mL$)	6.1 (5.6 – 6.8)	7.1 (4.6 – 8.7)	7 (6.3 – 8.9)	7.5 (4.9 – 10.9)
IL-8 ($\mu g/mL$)	17.1 (15.1 – 22.2)	15.4 (11.6 – 52.8)	17.8 (14.1 – 26)	21.8 (13 – 72.6)
IL-10 ($\mu g/mL$)	4 (3.9 – 4.2)	3.8 (0.9 – 4.9)	3.8 (2.7 – 4)	3.4 (0.6 – 4.7)
TNF-α ($\mu g/mL$)	6.1 (5.9 – 6.3)	7.1 (2.7 – 8.8)	5.7 (4.5 – 6)	6.2 (1.1 – 7.8)

NEF no excess fat, WEF with excess fat, T1 Tertile 1, values less than or equal to the cut-off point of the 33 percentile of FM (%), T3 Tertile 3, values greater than or equal to the 66 percentile cut-off point of FM (%), IL interleukin, TNF-α Tumor necrosis factor alpha. Data are presented as mean ± SD. Adults: 45 to 59 years old, Older adults: 60 to 74 years old. T1 NEF: cut-off point (adults ≤ 41 and older adults ≤ 45.2). T3 WEF: cut-off point (adults ≥ 46.1 and older adults ≥ 50.6). One-way ANOVA with Tukey's post hoc test

IL-1: ^aAdults (T1) vs. Older adults (T1) p = 0.002; ^bAdults (T1) vs. Older adults (T3) p = 0.002