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Table 1 Characteristics of all females aged 80–99 and ≥ 100 years

From: Centenarian longevity had inverse relationships with nutritional status and abdominal obesity and positive relationships with sex hormones and bone turnover in the oldest females

Characteristics

80–99 years (n = 237)

Centenarians (n = 500)

P-value

Age(year)a

86 ± 4.9

103 ± 2.9

< 0.001

Nutritional status

 Height (cm)a

145 ± 7.2

143 ± 7.7

< 0.001

 Weight (kg)a

42.6 ± 9.1

36.4 ± 8.0

< 0.001

 Serum albumin (g/dL)a

4.23 ± 0.31

3.90 ± 0.38

< 0.001

 GNRIa

101 ± 9.31

91 ± 9.60

< 0.001

 Waist circumference (cm)a

78 ± 10.1

75 ± 9.6

0.003

 Abdominal obesity (%)

89 (37.6)

151 (30.2)

0.047

Sex hormones

 LH (mIU/mL)a

36.71 ± 12.98

37.93 ± 15.40

0.263

 FSH (IU/L)a

87.44 ± 29.62

81.65 ± 30.17

0.015

 Testosterone (nmol/L)a

0.50 ± 0.97

0.50 ± 0.53

0.993

 Prolactin (μg/L)a

12.44 ± 6.52

17.18 ± 17.10

< 0.001

 Progesterone (nmol/L)a

0.26 ± 0.27

0.75 ± 0.62

< 0.001

 Estradiol (pmol/L)a

20.51 ± 14.78

41.54 ± 29.53

< 0.001

Bone turnover

 Osteocalcin (ng/mL)a

26.84 ± 12.81

35.65 ± 19.21

< 0.001

 β-crossLaps (ng/mL)a

0.28 ± 0.18

0.46 ± 0.26

< 0.001

 PTH (pg/mL)a

39.61 ± 21.14

49.46 ± 25.95

< 0.001

 25OHD (ng/mL)a

24.20 ± 7.23

22.22 ± 8.14

0.001

  1. aMedian (interquartile range), GNRI: geriatric nutritional risk index; LH: luteinizing hormone; FSH: follicle-stimulating hormone; PTH: parathyroid hormone; 25(OH)D: 25-hydroxyvitamin-D3