Table 3.

Demographic and laboratory data of the groups

	Group-1 (n=352)	Group-2 (n=104)	p
Age	69.45±11.06	65.69±15.38	0.261
Gender (%)			0.789
	Female	37.5	34.6
	Male	72.5	65.4
BMI	24.2±2.75	23.8±2.56	0.856
GH (<1 ng/ml)	0.125±0.88	0.238±0.194	0.000
IGF-1(ng/ml)	55.05±23.3	104.08±31.46	0.000
AST (7–40 U/L)	23.83±9.14	23.03±12.89	0.715
ALT (7–40 U/L)	27.30±11.20	28.53±21.98	0.785
GFR	80.31±22.70	81.42±24.64	0.831
Creatinine (<1 mg/dl)	0.96±0.34	0.94±0.28	0.841
Glucose (70–100 mg/dl)	118.57±19.59	107.46±14.94	0.848
HBA1C (<6.5%)	6.75±1.46	6.24±0.80	0.880
CRP (<5 mg/L)	90.72±62.42	50.0±67.09	0.006
Hospital stay	8.80±2.14	4.75±1.25	0.002

BMI: Body mass index; GH: Growth hormone; IGF-I: Insulin-like growth factor-I; HbA1c: Glycosylated hemoglobin; ALT: Alanine amino transferase; AST: Aspartate amino transferase; BUN: Blood urea nitrogen; eGFR: Estimated glomerular filtration rate; CRP: C reactive protein.