Table 2. Lipid and glucose profiles in elderly vs. adults, by TB status.
| Non-TB | TB | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adults | Elderly | Adults | Elderly | |||||||
| n | % | n | % | p valuea | n | % | n | % | p value | |
| Lipid profiles, (mg/dl)b | ||||||||||
| High cholesterol (200) | 48 | 12.6% | 29 | 20.9% | 0.020 | 5 | 6.3% | 1 | 2.3% | 0.335 |
| Low HDL (40 M, 50 F) | 287 | 75.1% | 90 | 64.7% | 0.019 | 58 | 72.5% | 33 | 76.7% | 0.609 |
| High LDL (100) | 144 | 38.0% | 65 | 46.8% | 0.072 | 15 | 18.8% | 6 | 14.0% | 0.500 |
| High Triglycerides (150) | 97 | 25.3% | 46 | 32.9% | 0.087 | 6 | 7.5% | 3 | 7.0% | 0.915 |
| Glucose-related measurements | ||||||||||
| Glycemia | <0.001 | 0.153 | ||||||||
| Normoglycemia | 295 | 78.0% | 77 | 55.4% | 45 | 57.0% | 32 | 74.4% | ||
| Impaired Fasting Glucose | 28 | 7.4% | 22 | 15.8% | 8 | 10.1% | 2 | 4.7% | ||
| Hyperglycemia | 55 | 14.6% | 40 | 28.8% | 26 | 32.9% | 9 | 20.9% | ||
| Chronic hyperglycemia, HbA1c | <0.001 | 0.144 | ||||||||
| Normal (<5.7%) | 235 | 61.4% | 36 | 25.7% | 39 | 48.8% | 8 | 18.6% | ||
| Pre-diabetes (5.7–6.4%) | 89 | 23.2% | 56 | 40.0% | 11 | 13.8% | 18 | 41.9% | ||
| Chronic hyperglycemia (≥ 6.5%) | 59 | 15.4% | 48 | 34.3% | 30 | 37.5% | 17 | 39.5% | ||
a p values ≤ 0.099 shown in bold
b Normal range values for each parameter shown in parenthesis. Abbreviations: M, Male; F, Female.