Table 1 Participant characteristics.

From: Relationship between klotho and physical function in healthy aging

Characteristics

20–34 years

n = 20

35–49 years

n = 20

50–64 years

n = 20

65 + years

n = 20

P-valuea

Male, n (%)

10 (50)

10 (50)

10 (50)

10 (50)

1.00

Age, years

25.0 (22.0–29.2)

43.0 (38.0–47.0)*

55.0 (52.0–60.5)*

70.5 (65.8–75.5)*†‡

 < 0.001

Height, cm

172.0 (10.1)

172.9 (9.1)

170.7 (9.1)

167.8 (7.2)

0.30

Weight, kg

72.6 (10.4)

82.2 (12.1)

79.3 (11.6)

78.5 (16.6)

0.13

BMI, kg/m2

24.4 (22.3–25.6)

26.7 (24.2–30.8)

26.8 (24.8–29.7)

26.5 (24.2–29.4)

0.06

Body Fat, %

25.9 (11.9)

29.0 (11.0)

32.6 (11.2)

34.5 (10.0)

0.08

Fat Mass, kg

14.1 (11.0–21.9)

20.4 (14.2–26.0)

19.4 (17.4–29.0)

23.2 (19.4–28.4)*

0.035

Lean Mass, kg

43.4 (39.0–59.1)

50.0 (44.7–57.4)

47.2 (37.5–52.3)

47.9 (36.8–53.0)

0.40

Appendicular Lean Mass, kg/m2

7.8 (1.5)

8.2 (0.9)

7.8 (1.6)

7.7 (1.3)

0.72

Total BMD, g/cm2

1.03 (0.14)

1.05 (0.12)

0.97 (0.11)

0.91 (0.12)*

0.004

Spine (L1-L4) BMD T-Score

− 0.14 (1.12)

0.17 (1.18)

− 0.18 (0.96)

− 0.43 (1.26)

0.48

Total Hip BMD T-Score

0.37 (1.14)

0.00 (1.25)

− 0.92 (1.23)*

− 1.41 (1.04)*

 < 0.001

Femoral Neck BMD T-Score

0.19 (1.56)

− 0.51 (1.04)

− 1.23 (1.25)*

− 2.01 (0.95)*

 < 0.001

Klotho, pg/mL

916.1 (284.8)

829.6 (239.2)

722.6 (190.5)*

703.0 (189.3)*

0.015

  1. Data shown as mean (standard deviation) if normally distributed, or median (interquartile range) otherwise.
  2. BMI, body mass index; BMD, bone mineral density.
  3. ap value for overall group effect.
  4. *Significant difference from 20 to 34 years age group.
  5. Significant difference from 35 to 49 years age group.
  6. Significant difference from 50 to 64 years age group.