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Table 3 Biochemical characteristics and differences of frail and non-frail subjects

From: Prevalence and factors associated with frailty in hospitalized older patients

Population

Total

n = 124

Non frail

n = 19

Frail

n = 25

Severely frail

n = 80

Glycemia (mg/dL)

98.0 [32.0–661.0]

89.0 [53.0–241.0]

104.0 [60.0–661.0]

97.0 [32.0–271.0]

HbA1c (%)

6.8 ± 12

6.3 ± 1.3

6.5 ± 1.5

7.0 ± 1.1

Cholesterol (mg/dL)

163.0 ± 41.8

182.5 ± 50.8

163.5 ± 34.8

157.9 ± 40.2

Leukocytes (103/μL)

9.0 ± 4.4

9.2 ± 3.2

8.2 ± 5.0

9.3 ± 4.5

Lymphocytes (%)

16.6 ± 9.6

15.2 ± 9.3 b

20.8 ± 11.3 a

15.6 ± 8.9 b

Hemoglobin (g/dL)

12.1 ± 2.7

12.5 ± 1.8

11.8 ± 1.8

12.2 ± 3.1

CRP (mg/L)

30.5 [3.0–333.0]

19.0 [3.0–315.0]

12.0 [3.0–229.0]

44.5 [3.0–333.0] *

Albumin (g/L)

29.6 ± 5.1

31.6 ± 4.1

30.6 ± 6.3

28.8 ± 4.8

Prealbumin (mg/dL)

16.5 ± 6.8

19.1 ± 6.9

17.1 ± 6.7

15.7 ± 6.8

Creatinin (mg/dl)

1.1 ± 0.8

1.4 ± 1.0

1.0 ± 0.4

1.1 ± 0.8

Vit D (ng/ml)

21.6 ± 12.0

15.9 ± 9.7 b

20.3 ± 12.5 a b

23.4 ± 12.0 a

  1. Vit D Vitamin D, CRP C Reactive Protein, HbA1c Glycated hemoglobin
  2. * Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (Mann-Whitney test)
  3. a, b: Different superscript letters in the same row indicate significant difference between values at p < 0.05 level (Duncan’s multiple range test) and values are mean ± standard deviation or or median [minimum; maximum] (non-normal distribution)