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Table 1 Baseline anthropometric parameters of the eutrophic, overweight and obesity subjects

From: CXCL-16, IL-17, and bone morphogenetic protein 2 (BMP-2) are associated with overweight and obesity conditions in middle-aged and elderly women

 

Eutrophic

Overweight

Obesity

 

Adult (n = 23) / Elderly (n = 23)

Adult (n = 20) / Elderly (n = 13)

Adult (n = 23) / Elderly (n = 15)

Age

40,0 ± 1,2 / 71,5 ± 1,4

40,1 ± 1,5 / 64,0 ± 2,0

42,6 ± 1,5 / 71,4 ± 2,1

Body mass (kg)

57,3 ± 1,6 / 59,1 ± 1,6

68,8 ± 1,0* / 70,7 ± 2,1*

86,8 ± 2,6*# / 80,3 ± 1,6*A#

BMI (Kg/m2)

21,8 ± 0,4 / 23,6 ± 0,4

27,2 ± 0,2* / 28,26 ± 0,3*

34,0 ± 0,6*# / 33,2 ± 0,5*#

TSF (mm)

17,0 ± 1,1 / 18,4 ± 1,4

25,8 ± 1,3* / 24,0 ± 1,4

32,2 ± 1,5*# / 28,3 ± 1,5*

AC (cm)

27,1 ± 0,5 / 29,2 ± 0,5

31,3 ± 0,4* / 33,2 ± 0,6*

36,4 ± 0,7*# / 35,5 ± 0,6*

AMC (cm)

21,7 ± 0,5 / 23,4 ± 0,3

23,2 ± 0,4 / 25,7 ± 0,5*A

26,0 ± 0,5*# / 26,8 ± 0,5*

Waist (cm)

82,1 ± 1,6 / 87,1 ± 1,9

91,5 ± 1,5* / 101,1 ± 2,2*A

107,7 ± 2,4*# / 102,9 ± 1,7*

  1. Values are shown as the mean ± SEM. BMI body mass index, TSF Triceps skinfold, AC arm circumference, AMC arm muscle circumference. * p < 0.01 when eutrophic groups were compared with their respective chronological overweight (OW) or obesity (OB) groups; A p < 0.05 when adult and elderly were compared among in terms of eutrophic, OW or OB; # P < 0.01 when OW were compared with OB inside the same chronological groups
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Immunity & Ageing

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