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. 2019 Sep 17;16(18):3457. doi: 10.3390/ijerph16183457

Table 6.

Relationship of serum inflammatory biomarkers and the frail and the non-frail phenotype using binary linear regression analysis (odds ratios) with the comparison on gender effects.

Frailty category (non-frail, frail) Interleukin-6 C-reactive Protein
OR (95% CI) p-Value OR (95% CI) p-Value
** Overall 1.554 (1.229, 1.966) <0.001 1.011 (1.006, 1.016) <0.001
* Men 1.927 (1.138, 3.262) 0.015 1.004 (1.001, 1.007) 0.020
** Women 1.806 (1.215, 2.683) 0.003 1.011 (1.003, 1.018) 0.005

* 0.01< p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01 (Statistical significance using binary linear regression analysis).