Table 2.

Monocytic expression of CXCL-10, IL-1β, and TNF-α and serum IL-6 levels between frail and matched non-frail study groups.

	Frail group	Non-frail group	P
Ex vivo monocytic expression levels * :
CXCL-10	1.05 ± 0.88	0.53 ± 0.39	0.04
IL-1β	0.57 ± 0.32	0.51 ± 0.22	0.38
TNF-α	0.15 ± 0.11	0.14 ± 0.09	0.72
Serum IL-6 levels (pg/ml):	3.0 ± 1.6	1.6 ± 1.3	0.01

^*Values were log-transformed.