Table 1.

Gender distribution of age-dependent ApoD and TNF-α levels in human plasma.

Group	Age (years)	ApoD concentration (ng/ml)			TNF-α concentration (pg/ml)
		Females	Males	Total	Females	Males	Total
I	20–40	27.40 ± 4.17 (n=14)	28.75 ± 2.85 (n=16)	28.28 ± 4.01 (n=30)	0.17 ± 0.02 (n=14)	0.20 ± 0.13 (n=16)	0.188 ± 0.1 (n=30)
II	40–65	27.85 ± 5.77 (n=14)	27.65 ± 8.55 (n=16)	27.73 ± 7.26∗(n=30)	0.25 ± 0.05 (n=13)	0.24 ± 0.05 (n=15)	0.24 ± 0.05∗ (n=28)
III	>65	31.37 ± 9.71 (n=24)	34.65 ± 7.45 (n=6)	34.61 ± 9.21∗ (n=30)	0.65 ± 0.13 (n=24)	0.62 ± 0.14 (n=4)	0.61 ± 0.15∗ (n=28)

^∗ p < 0.05.