Circulating miR-34a and Bone Mineral Density of Brazilian Very-Old Adults
Table 1
Clinical, anthropometric, and metabolic features of the 40 very-old subjects investigated.
Variable
Value
Women (%)
70.0
Age (years)
84.2 ± 4.5
BMI (kg.m−2)
26.6 ± 3.4
WC (cm)
95.6 ± 9.8
Body fat (%)
17.2 ± 4.1
Glycated hemoglobin (%)
5.9 ± 0.5
Fasting glucose (mg.dl−1)
96.3 ± 11.7
Type-2 diabetes (%)
22.5
SBP (mm Hg)
143.9 ± 18.9
DBP (mm Hg)
72.7 ± 11.2
Hypertension (%)
75.0
Triglycerides (mg·dl−1)
124.3 ± 59.8
Total cholesterol (mg·dl−1)
190.9 ± 42.7
HDL-c (mg·dl−1)
52.4 ± 13.6
Metabolic syndrome (%)
50.0
C-reactive protein (mg·dl−1)
1.4 (1.0, 2.4)
Agatston score
20.5 (0.2, 907.0)
Lumbosacral BMD (g·cm−2)
0.89 ± 0.15
Lumbosacral T-score
−1.53 ± 1.23
Femural head BMD (g·cm−2)
0.84 ± 0.14
Femural head T-score
−1.00 ± 0.93
Femural neck BMD (g·cm−2)
0.70 ± 0.12
Femural neck T-score
−1.45 ± 0.99
Use of BMD-related drugs (%)
47.5
Exercise practitioners (%)
50.0
Aspartate aminotransferase (U/l)
21.0 ± 6.0
Alanine aminotransferase (U/l)
15.5 ± 5.4
Alkaline phosphatase (U/l)
71.1 ± 23.0
Gamma-glutamyl transferase (U/l)
21.9 ± 11.5
Uric acid (mg/dl)
5.23 ± 1.26
Total serum protein (g.dl−1)
7.36 ± 0.46
Serum creatinine (mg.dl−1)
0.99 ± 0.33
Creatinine clearance (ml.min−1)
47.9 ± 15.2
Data expressed as mean ± standard deviation, proportion or median (and interquartile range). BMI = body mass index. WC = waist circumference. SBP = systolic blood pressure. DBP = diastolic blood pressure. HDL-c = high-density lipoprotein cholesterol. BMD = bone mineral density.
