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Table 4 Number of participants with abnormal range of blood levels by frailty level

From: Frailty, nutrition-related parameters, and mortality across the adult age spectrum

Blood tests, N (%)*

Frailty index score

≤ 0.1

N = 5119

> 0.1 to 0.2

N = 2009

> 0.2 to 0.3

N = 1014

> 0.3

N = 888

Total lymphocyte count (N = 8965)

Low

862 (17.8)

451 (20.9)

272 (24.2)

304 (34.6)

Haemoglobin (N = 9017)

Low

304 (3.4)

224 (7.4)

175 (12.6)

216 (20.9)

High

40 (1.0)

25 (1.4)

13 (2.1)

9 (0.8)

Mean corpuscular volume (N = 9017)

Low

170 (2.4)

130 (5.3)

30 (2.3)

43 (4.2)

High

43 (0.9)

74 (3.7)

56 (5.8)

56 (6.6)

Albumin (N = 8916)

Low

308 (1.8)

84 (1.8)

28 (2.2)

68 (7.2)

Vitamin A (N = 8889)

Low

1 (0.0)

2 (0.1)

3 (0.1)

5 (0.6)

High

168 (4.4)

148 (8.9)

128 (13.7)

159 (19.0)

Vitamin C (N = 8886)

Low

264 (6.6)

147 (7.4)

78 (8.3)

82 (8.0)

High

77 (1.8)

66 (3.4)

44 (4.6)

36 (4.4)

Vitamin D (N = 8976)

Low

1906 (29.4)

740 (30.5)

422 (35.6)

438 (44.6)

High

59 (1.5)

9 (0.6)

2 (0.2)

2 (0.3)

Pyridoxine (N = 8926)

Low

869 (15.0)

380 (16.5)

206 (19.4)

231 (25.6)

Folate, RBC (N = 8959)

Low

249 (4.1)

73 (2.7)

40 (3.1)

31 (3.5)

Cobalamin (N = 8865)

Low

112 (2.0)

50 (2.4)

43 (4.4)

39 (5.3)

α-carotene (N = 8885)

Low

1045 (21.4)

396 (20.4)

220 (22.5)

241 (30.3)

High

562 (11.4)

223 (11.1)

72 (6.1)

54 (6.6)

β-carotene (N = 8501)

Low

908 (19.5)

345 (20.0)

197 (21.9)

189 (24.7)

High

565 (11.9)

277 (13.4)

131 (11.8)

101 (11.0)

β-cryptoxanthin (N = 8865)

Low

619 (15.5)

368 (21.4)

247 (28.8)

257 (35.6)

High

876 (12.3)

294 (12.1)

122 (8.7)

76 (7.0)

Lutein/Zeaxanthin (N = 8889)

Low

1131 (26.5)

531 (32.0)

307 (34.8)

346 (46.5)

High

229 (3.8)

109 (4.8)

46 (4.5)

34 (3.5)

Lycopene (N = 8889)

Low

584 (10.7)

401 (16.3)

317 (29.2)

369 (40.3)

High

666 (14.0)

163 (10.0)

55 (6.3)

34 (5.4)

Iron, serum (N = 8910)

Low

669 (11.6)

309 (13.8)

145 (15.3)

180 (20.8)

High

84 (1.8)

22 (1.1)

10 (1.0)

7 (1.0)

Creatinine (N = 8916)

Low

337 (3.4)

103 (3.7)

40 (3.3)

30 (4.1)

High

68 (1.2)

145 (6.0)

166 (13.9)

232 (24.7)

Total cholesterol (N = 8950)

High

2380 (46.1)

1053 (52.6)

445 (44.2)

367 (43.7)

Triglyceride (N = 8911)

High

1574 (29.1)

734 (39.2)

402 (42.2)

370 (44.1)

HDL-c (N = 8949)

Low

1453 (30.1)

576 (30.9)

290 (29.8)

312 (37.9)

LDL-c (N = 4161)

High

789 (32.7)

318 (32.5)

119 (24.0)

115 (29.0)

Glucose (N = 8916)

Low

141 (2.0)

25 (1.0)

16 (1.4)

20 (2.6)

High

814 (15.3)

666 (31.5)

439 (39.7)

423 (46.5)

Homocysteine (N = 8979)

High

21 (0.5)

25 (1.1)

26 (2.1)

46 (5.0)

  1. HDL-c high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, LDL-c low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, RBC red blood cell
  2. *The percentages are weighted