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Published in final edited form as: J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2017 Jul 1;18(9):810.e1–810.e4. doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2017.05.018

Table 1.

Pertinent demographic characteristics of the cohorts

	Young Adults n=19	Older Adults n=18
Age, years	23.1 ± 3.9	76.7 ± 5.2^***
Female, n	8 (42.1%)	7 (38.9%)
Height, cm	175.1 ± 9.1	170.3 ± 10.9
Body Mass, kg	74.1 ± 17.7	76.2 ± 15.5
Body Mass Index, kg^* m⁻²	24.0 ± 4.3	26.2 ± 4.6
Radial Pulse Rate, bpm	71.9 ± 9.7	61.3 ± 10.4^**
Systolic BP, mm Hg	115.9 ± 10.5	139.6 ± 18.0^***
Diastolic BP, mm Hg	70.3 ± 9.0	73.8 ± 10.4
Serum TNFα, sqrt pg/mL	0.95 ± 0.25	1.36 ± 0.42^#
Serum interleukin 6, sqrt pg/mL	1.32 ± 0.41	2.01 ± 0.52^***
Muscle strength^*, ft-l bs	158.1 ± 58.9	105.2 ± 38.4
Physical activity, steps/day	8431 ± 3358	5560 ± 2844^&

TNFα = tumor necrosis factor alpha;

^*

Isokinetic Plantar flexor Peak Torque

^***

p<0.0001

^**

p=0.003

^#

p=0.0013

^&

p=0.0081