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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jul 25.
Published in final edited form as: J Nutr Health Aging. 2012 Jul;16(7):601–608. doi: 10.1007/s12603-012-0084-2

Table 6.

Descriptive statistics for hormones, cytokines, & vitamin D according to baseline FRAIL scale categorization among AAH participants with no ADL disability (difficulty or dependency criterion) at baseline

No ADL Difficulty
Baseline (N=239) Healthy (n=136) Prefrail (n=95) Frail (n=8) P-Value
sIL-6R (ng/mL) 61.55 + 24.23 59.72 + 22.12 48.63 + 11.26 .295
sIL (log10) 1.75 + 0.19 1.74 + 0.17 1.68 + 0.11 .498
sTNFR1 (ng/mL) 2.81 + 3.94 3.60 + 5.03 4.10 + 2.27 .323
sTNFR1 (log10) 0.38 + 0.18 0.46 + 0.23 0.56 + 0.22 <.001a,b
sTNFR2 (ng/mL) 7.13 + 9.51 8.76 + 14.12 6.96 + 1.93 .592
sTNFR2 (log 10) 0.78 + 0.20 0.83 + 0.24 0.82 + 0.12 .303
CRP (mg/L) 6.27 + 7.77 6.54 + 5.94 13.35 + 12.04 .026b
CRP (log10) 0.49 + 0.55 0.61 + 0.48 0.94 + 0.45 .022b,c
Adiponectin (ug/L) 8.00 + 5.39 7.85 + 5.33 6.24 + 2.45 .650
Adiponectin (log10) 0.81 + 0.29 0.82 + 0.26 0.77 + 0.17 .887
25(OH) vitamin D (ng/mL) 11.87 + 5.74 11.20 + 5.04 11.13 + 5.89 .647
25(OH) vitamin D (log10) 1.03 + 0.21 1.01 + 0.19 0.99 + 0.23 .741
No ADL Dependence
Baseline (N=317) Healthy (n=147) Prefrail (n=142) Frail (n=28) P-Value
sIL-6R (ng/mL) 61.86 + 23.83 60.17 + 23.51 53.39 + 20.12 .215
sIL (log10) 1.76 + 0.18 1.74 + 0.18 1.70 + 0.15 .327
sTNFR1 (ng/mL) 2.78 + 3.76 3.76 + 5.58 3.47 + 1.64 .189
sTNFR1 (log10) 0.38 + 0.18 0.46 + 0.22 0.50 + 0.18 <.001a,b
sTNFR2 (ng/mL) 7.20 + 9.13 8.95 + 13.63 7.78 + 5.49 .413
sTNFR2 (log 10) 0.79 + 0.20 0.84 + 0.24 0.83 + 0.20 .151
CRP (mg/L) 5.97 + 7.45 7.13 + 6.19 9.14 + 10.17 .078
CRP (log10) 0.49 + 0.54 0.67 + 0.46 0.69 + 0.54 .005b
Adiponectin (ug/L) 8.08 + 5.32 8.32 + 5.43 7.21 + 2.79 .590
Adiponectin (log10) 0.82 + 0.29 0.84 + 0.26 0.83 + 0.17 .750
25(OH) vitamin D (ng/mL) 12.12 + 6.17 11.56 + 5.36 12.07 + 5.66 .703
25(OH) vitamin D (log10) 1.03 + 0.21 1.02 + 0.20 1.03 + 0.21 .850
a

Pre-frail versus healthy p<.05 by Tukey posthoc analysis for ANOVA;

b

Frail versus healthy p<.05 by Tukey posthoc analysis for ANOVA;

c

Frail versus pre-frail p<.05 by Tukey posthoc analysis for ANOVA;