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Table 1 Characteristics of study population

From: Identification of serum biomarkers for aging and anabolic response

 

Young

Old

P value

Age (yr)

27 ± 5 (53)

68 ± 7 (39)

<0.001

Height (cm)

175 ± 7 (53)

175 ± 7 (39)

0.9683

Weight (kg)

74.9 ± 10.0 (53)

84.3 ± 13.1 (39)

0.0003

Body mass index (%)

24 ± 3 (53)

27 ± 4 (39)

<0.001

Serum total testosterone (ng/dl)

586 ± 190 (53)

339 ± 95 (39)

<0.001

Population Houston, TX

N/A

358 ± 86 (20)

N/A

Population Boston, MA

586 ± 190 (53)

320 ± 103 (19)

N/A

Lean Body Mass (mg/cm 2 )

57336 ± 7209 (52)

58545 ± 7033 (39)

0.4245

  1. Baseline characteristics of subjects evaluated in this study are shown. The number of subject used for each baseline value is indicated in parenthesis. The values are displayed as plus/minus standard deviation. The p-values are based on a Student t-test.