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Additional file 2: of Health and frailty among older spousal caregivers: an observational cohort study in Belgium
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posted on 2018-11-26, 05:00 authored by Florence Potier, Jean-Marie Degryse, Benoit Bihin, Florence Debacq-Chainiaux, Chantal Charlet-Renard, Henri Martens, Marie de Saint-HubertTable S2. Mean (SD) of biomarkers in robust, pre-frail and frail caregivers. At baseline, trends were observed between inflammatory and nutritional markers and frailty status. The mean levels of CRP and IL-6 were higher in frail caregivers than in robust caregivers. In contrast, mean levels of nutritional markers were lower in frail caregivers than in robust ones. (DOCX 13âkb)