Table 5.
Comparison of Clinical and Laboratory Characteristics of the Patients.
| Mean | Std. deviation | 95% confidence interval for mean | Minimum | Maximum | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower bound | Upper bound | ||||||
| Age | Normal | 52.61 | 10.28 | 48.62 | 56.59 | 29 | 64 |
| Intermediate | 54.50 | 5.89 | 48.32 | 60.68 | 48 | 61 | |
| Frail | 49.03 | 10.49 | 45.63 | 52.43 | 30 | 65 | |
| BMI | Normal | 24.06 | 5.40 | 21.96 | 26.1595 | .00 | 29.69 |
| Intermediate | 27.64 | 3.78 | 23.67 | 31.6111 | 22.04 | 30.86 | |
| Frail | 25.22 | 5.19 | 23.53 | 26.9068 | 18.55 | 40.79 | |
| Hb | Normal | 8.07 | 2.58 | 7.07 | 9.0796 | 3.69 | 12.32 |
| Intermediate | 5.92 | 1.39 | 4.46 | 7.3895 | 3.69 | 7.80 | |
| Frail | 6.49 | 1.68 | 5.95 | 7.0474 | 1.94 | 9.38 | |
| 25-hydroxy vitamin D | Normal | 17.09 | 11.70 | 12.46 | 21.722 | 7.8 | 68.9 |
| Intermediate | 13.45 | 4.67 | 8.54 | 18.351 | 6.5 | 21.1 | |
| Frail | 11.58 | 5.58 | 9.77 | 13.391 | 3.5 | 26.6 | |
| PTH | Normal | 554.67 | 499.73 | 352.82 | 756.519 | 7.1 | 2126.0 |
| Intermediate | 358.21 | 137.32 | 214.10 | 502.327 | 174.9 | 497.7 | |
| Frail | 689.56 | 557.93 | 508.69 | 870.422 | 81.2 | 2126.0 | |
| Albumin | Normal | 3.91 | 0.44 | 3.74 | 4.085 | 2.9 | 4.5 |
| Intermediate | 4.03 | 0.35 | 3.66 | 4.401 | 3.4 | 4.4 | |
| Frail | 4.14 | 0.38 | 4.02 | 4.274 | 3.4 | 5.3 | |
| Fe | Normal | 72.27 | 29.41 | 60.39 | 84.15 | 42 | 138 |
| Intermediate | 64.33 | 40.77 | 21.55 | 107.12 | 33 | 141 | |
| Frail | 72.82 | 30.99 | 62.77 | 82.87 | 28 | 152 | |
ANOVA was used to evaluate comparisons.