Experimental study on the change in serum thymidine kinase 1 in middle-aged and elderly people in high humidity area / 中华老年医学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate serum level of thymidine kinase 1 (TK1) in middle-aged and elderly people in high humidity area,and explore the high risk age of cell abnormal proliferation and the cause.Methods Serum level of TK1 was measured with enhanced chemiluminescence in 128 cases aged 49-89 years living in the region with an average humidity of 83％.People were divided into control group (n =52,aged 49-59 years) and experimental group (n=76,aged 60 years and over).Results Serum TK1 level was lower in control group than in the experimental group [(1.3894±0.504) pmol/L vs.(1.6518±0.8685) pmol/L,t=2.159,P＜0.05].There was no significant difference in positive rate of TK1 between control and experimental groups (9.62 ％ vs.18.42％,x2 =1.894,P＞0.05).Experimental group was subgrouped into three age groupsaged 60-69 years,70 79 years and 80 89 years group.In the three age groups,serum TK1 levels were (1.7854 ±0.9736) pmol/L,(1.5345 ± 0.7039) pmol/L and (1.4420 ± 0.7354) pmol/L respectively.Compared with control group,serum TK1 level was increased in aged 60-69 years group (t=2.369,P ＜0.05),with no significant difference in serum TK1 level between control group and the other two age groups (all P＞0.05).Meanwhile,there was no significant difference in serum TK1 level among the three age groups (all P＞0.05).Conclusions Serum TK1 concentration is higher in elderly people than in middle-aged people,which shows that the abnormal cell proliferation is higher in elderly people than in middle-aged people.We should pay more attention to physical examination in the elderly people aged 60-69 years.