Table 1 Baseline Characteristics of 6-months finishers divided by intervention group.

From: Circulating cell-free DNA, telomere length and bilirubin in the Vienna Active Ageing Study: exploratory analysis of a randomized, controlled trial

 

RT (n = 23–30)

RTS (n = 21–23)

CT (n = 20–26)

Total (n = 64–79)

Age (years)

82 ± 6

81 ± 8

84 ± 5

83 ± 6

BMI (kg/m 2 )

28.97 ± 3.86

29.41 ± 5.31

27.94 ± 5.12

28.76 ± 4.72

NDI

1.95 ± 0.08

1.98 ± 0.06

1.98 ± 0.07

1.97 ± 0.07

MNi frequency/1000 BN cells

28.60 ± 15.60

28.17 ± 18.43

23.70 ± 9.53

26.90 ± 14.90

NPBs/1000 BN cells

1.17 ± 1.21

0.93 ± 0.88

1.36 ± 1.03

1.16 ± 1.06

NBuds/1000 BN cells

3.47 ± 2.67

3.35 ± 2.46

4.42 ± 4.85

3.74 ± 3.46

Stand-up Test (repetitions)

12.31 ± 3.07

13.77 ± 4.28

12.13 ± 4.44

12.68 ± 3.92

6 min Walking Test (m)

384 ± 79

373 ± 99

382 ± 97

380 ± 90

Body Fat (%)

33.87 ± 7.36

33.89 ± 9.14

32.59 ± 9.69

33.48 ± 8.55

Glucose (mg/dl)

108 ± 25

99 ± 11

107 ± 22

105 ± 21

hs-Insulin (μIU/ml)

9.77 ± 6.91

10.43 ± 6.33

8.60 ± 7.74

9.58 ± 6.98

Cholesterol (mg/dl)

205 ± 41

209 ± 37

205 ± 38

206 ± 38

HDL (mg/dl)

62.57 ± 14.03

66.74 ± 17.88

63.69 ± 20.09

64.15 ± 17.20

LDL (mg/dl)

120 ± 37

119 ± 39

118 ± 32

119 ± 35

Chol/HDL Ratio (%)

3.40 ± 0.86

3.33 ± 1.01

3.45 ± 0.95

3.40 ± 0.92

Triglycerides (mg/dl)

113 ± 38

118 ± 45

114 ± 47

115 ± 43

Lipoprotein A1 (mg/dl)

16.22 ± 19.66

36.85 ± 50.70

26.42 ± 37.69

25.58 ± 37.35

hs-CRP (mg/l)

6.50 ± 13.27

5.66 ± 9.08

3.96 ± 4.02

5.42 ± 9.75

UCB (μmol/l)

8.75 ± 5.68*

6.15 ± 3.33

6.35 ± 2.13

7.16 ± 4.20

hsTroponin-T (ng/ml)

0.01 ± 0.01

0.01 ± 0.01

0.02 ± 0.02

0.01 ± 0.02

NT-pro BNP (pg/ml)

393 ± 779

280 ± 370

467 ± 672

385 ± 644

cfDNA (ng/ml)

185 ± 47

197 ± 55

185 ± 62

188 ± 54

MDA (μmol/l)

1.97 ± 0.42

1.89 ± 0.44

1.89 ± 0.36

1.92 ± 0.41

Telomere Length (kb)

2.92  ± 1.16

2.76 ± 1.63

3.05 ± 0.94

2.91 ± 1.27

  1. Values are represented as mean ± standard deviation. Differences between intervention groups are marked with *for P-value <0.05, **for P-value <0.01 and #for trend (P < 0.1). One way ANOVA.