Table 4.

Plasma and intracellular tocopherols adjusted by lipid subfraction.

		Septuagenarians (aged 70s)			Centenarians (aged 100s)
		Male (n)	Female (n)	Total (n)	Male (n)	Female (n)	Total (n)
	T-Toc/Tc	0.08 ± 0.267 (17)	0.08 ± 0.259 (30)	0.08 ± 0.283 (47)	0.075 ± 0.018 (16)	0.072 ± 0.023 (68)	0.072 ± 0.021 (84)
Plasma	α-Toc/Tc	0.07 ± 0.252 (17)	0.08 ± 0.238 (30)	0.07 ± 0.285 (47)	0.06 ± 0.017 (15)	0.07 ± 0.018 (50)	0.07 ± 0.017 (65)
Intracellular	T-Toc/Tc	0.016 ± 0.010 (17)	0.013 ± 0.017 (30)	0.015 ± 0.017 (47)	0.015 ± 0.007 (16)	0.016 ± 0.010 (55)	0.016 ± 0.009 (71)
	α-Toc/Tc	0.014 ± 0.008 (17)	0.012 ± 0.016 (30)	0.013 ± 0.016 (47)	0.013 ± 0.006 (16)	0.014 ± 0.009 (55)	0.013 ± 0.009 (71)
	γ-Toc/Tc	0.005 ± 0.016 (17)	0.007 ± 0.036 (30)	0.007 ± 0.036 (47)	0.007 ± 0.003 (15)	0.007 ± 0.004 (50)	0.007 ± 0.004 (65)
	β-Toc/Tc	0.002 ± 0.003 (17)	0.002 ± 0.003 (30)	0.002 ± 0.004 (47)	0.002 ± 0.001 (16)	0.002 ± 0.002 (54)	0.002 ± 0.002 (70)
	T-Toc/HDL-C	0.27 ± 0.55 (17)	0.37 ± 0.98 (30)	0.33 ± 0.81 (47)	0.28 ± 0.13 (16)	0.27 ± 0.10 (69)	0.27 ± 0.11 (85)
Plasma	α-Toc/HDL-C	0.25 ± 0.52 (17)	0.33 ± 0.90 (30)	0.30 ± 0.82 (47)	0.25 ± 0.12 (15)	0.25 ± 0.09 (50)	0.25 ± 0.09 (65)
	γ-Toc/HDL-C	0.019 ± 0.03 (17)	0.033 ± 0.14 (30)	0.027 ± 0.10 (47)	0.03 ± 0.02 (15)	0.03 ± 0.02 (50)	0.03 ± 0.02 (65)
	T-Toc/HDL-C	0.052 ± 0.020 (17)	0.060 ± 0.063 (30)	0.057 ± 0.047 (47)	0.059 ± 0.037 (16)	0.056 ± 0.031 (55)	0.058 ± 0.032 (71)
Intracellular	α-Toc/HDL-C	0.047 ± 0.017 (17)	0.053 ± 0.058 (30)	0.050 ± 0.044 (47)	0.049 ± 0.032 (16)	0.049 ± 0.029 (55)	0.049 ± 0.030 (71)
	γ-Toc/HDL-C	0.005 ± 0.006 (17)	0.007 ± 0.013 (30)	0.006 ± 0.010 (47)	0.008 ± 0.006 (16)	0.007 ± 0.005 (54)	0.007 ± 0.006 (70)

Tc: Total cholesterol; HDL-C: high density lipoprotein cholesterol; Toc: Tocopherol. Note: no significant differences between groups.