Table 4.

Age and sex-related IL-6 plasma concentrations

Age bracket	Number of subjects	IL-6 (mean±SD) (pg/mL)
70–75	100	1.33 ± 1.90
76–80	116	1.39 ± 1.47
81–85	93	1.68 ± 2.03
86–90	64	1.69 ± 1.82
91–95	128	1.95 ± 2.04
96–100	28	2.68 ± 3.60*
100+	5	2.14 ± 2.23
Total	534
M	250	1.60 ± 1.71
F	284	1.73 ± 2.24

*P < 0.01 vs 70–75, one-way ANOVA followed by Dunnett′s post-hoc test