Table 3.
Comparisons between the LBC1921 (age ∼92 years) and the LBC1936 (age ∼73 years) on continuous health (biomarker) measures
| Measure | Sample mean (SD) |
Difference test |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LBC1921 (n = 42) | LBC1936 (n = 126) | t | p | ds | |
| Blood hemoglobin (g/L) | 124.43 (11.95) | 139.49 (13.48) | −6.79 | <0.001 | 1.21 |
| White cell count (×109/L) | 7.01 (2.05) | 6.60 (1.47) | 1.18 | 0.24 | 0.21 |
| Fibrinogen (g/L) | 3.16 (0.76) | 3.33 (0.66) | −1.24 | 0.22 | 0.22 |
| D-dimer (ng/dL) | 376.91 (462.24) | 206.71 (197.71) | 1.98 | 0.055 | 0.35 |
| eGFR (mL/min) | 55.63 (12.33) | 63.84 (3.93) | −4.14 | <0.001 | 0.74 |
| HbA1c (DCCT) | 5.61 (0.40) | 5.74 (0.59) | −1.58 | 0.12 | 0.28 |
Differences calculated using Welch's 2-sample t-test; d-values are Cohen's ds (see Lakens, 2013).
Key: eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate; HbA1c, glycated hemoglobin; LBC1921, Lothian Birth Cohort 1921; LBC1936, Lothian Birth Cohort 1936; SD, standard deviation.