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Table 1 Change between pre- and post-measurements

From: Weight management intervention identifies association of decreased DNA methylation age with improved functional age measures in older adults with obesity

 

Baseline

Week 12

Difference

p value

Age years, mean ± SD

73.50 ± 5.72

   

Sex

 Female

14 (87.5%)

   

 Male

2 (12.5%)

   

Body Measures, mean ± SD

 Weight (kg)

95.7 ± 21.3

91.5 ± 22.1

− 4.2 ± 3.7

 < 0.001

 Body Mass Index (kg/m2)

36.2 ± 7.0

34.6 ± 7.4

− 1.6 ± 1.4

 < 0.001

 Fat Mass (%)

49.0 ± 5.0

48.0 ± 5.5

− 0.9 ± 2.4

0.13

 Visceral Fat mass, (L)

4.0 ± 1.8

3.6 ± 2.2

− 0.4 ± 1.0

0.15

 Skeletal muscle mass (kg)

48.8 ± 15.9

47.5 ± 15.0

− 1.3 ± 2.3

0.04

 Appendicular lean mass (kg)

12.3 ± 4.0

12.1 ± 3.8

− 0.3 ± 0.7

0.11

Functional measures, mean ± SD

 Grip strength (kg)

18.7 ± 5.9

21.9 ± 6.6

3.2 ± 4.1

0.008

 Gait speed (sec)

1.1 ± 0.3

1.1 ± 0.25

0.02 ± 0.2

0.69

 Sit-to-stand (sec)

10.0 ± 2.7

7.6 ± 1.8

− 2.4 ± 2.2

 < 0.001

 Six-minute walk (m)

406.4 ± 101.1

448.6 ± 82.12

29.3 ± 34.6

0.006

Immune Cell Proportions, mean ± SD

 CD8T

0.06 ± 0.02

0.06 ± 0.02

0.00 ± 0.01

0.16

 CD4T

0.18 ± 0.03

0.18 ± 0.03

− 0.00 ± 0.02

0.81

 Natural Killer Cells

0.05 ± 0.02

0.05 ± 0.02

0.00 ± 0.01

0.4

 B Cells

0.05 ± 0.02

0.05 ± 0.02

− 0.00 ± 0.01

0.76

 Monocyte

0.08 ± 0.02

0.07 ± 0.02

− 0.00 ± 0.01

0.06

 Neutrophils

0.62 ± 0.05

0.62 ± 0.05

− 0.00 ± 0.03

0.97

Methylation age clocks, mean ± SD

 Hannum

79.4 ± 6.8

78.6 ± 6.6

− 0.8 ± 4.8

0.51

 Horvath

79.3 ± 6.8

78.2 ± 6.4

− 1.1 ± 2.8

0.14

 PhenoAge

62.7 ± 6.4

62.3 ± 7.0

− 0.5 ± 4.1

0.64