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. 2020 Nov 29;76(2):361–367. doi: 10.1093/gerona/glaa297

Table 2.

Characteristics of 616 Study Participants by Tertile of Mitochondrial Oxidative Capacity (τ PCr, s)

Tertile 1 Tertile 2 Tertile 3
τ PCr < 43.7 43.8–55 55–87.7
Characteristci (n = 206) (n = 205) (n = 205) p Valuea
Age, y 59 (15.7) 66.5 (14.6) 72.9 (11.9) <.0001
Female sex, % 52.4 52.7 59.0 .31
Smoking, current, % 1.0 2.0 2.0 .66
Body mass index, kg/m2 26.0 (4.1) 27.0 (4.6) 27.1 (4.7) .01
Lean body mass, kg 16.7 (3.7) 15.9 (3.8) 15.3 (3.4) .0001
Fat body mass, kg 9.2 (4.4) 9.7 (3.7) 10.1 (4.2) .013
Physical activity, min/wk 168 (205) 84.5 (137) 75.2 (141.8) <.0001
Systolic blood pressure, mm Hg 113.2 (13.2) 115.4 (14.3) 114.4 (13.5) .37
Total cholesterol, mmol/L 4.8 (0.9) 4.8 (1.0) 4.7 (1.0) .14
HDL cholesterol, mmol/L 1.7 (0.4) 1.6 (0.5) 1.7 (0.5) .99
Diabetes mellitus, % 7.3 15.1 19.5 .0001
Hypertension, % 22.3 31.7 46.8 <.0001
Framingham Risk Score 8 (5.5) 10.8 (5.8) 11.9 (4.5) <.0001
CVD events, N 0.1 (0.3) 0.1 (0.5) 0.2 (0.6) .007
CVD positive history, %
 Any 6.8 9.3 14.1 .01
 Angina or MI 2.4 2.9 5.9 .06
 TIA or stroke 3.4 3.4 5.9 .22
 PAD 0.5 0.5 1 .06

Notes: CV = cardiovascular; MI = myocardial infarction; PAD = peripheral artery disease; TIA = transient ischemic attack. Mean (SD) or % values.

aANOVA for continuous variables; Pearson chi-squared test for categorical variables.