Gomolin Irving H, Lester Paula, Pollack Simcha
Division of Geriatric Medicine, Department of Medicine, Winthrop University Hospital, Mineola, NY 11501, USA.
J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2007 Jun;8(5):335-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2007.04.005.
To compare diurnal body temperature between young and old subjects.
Analysis of oral temperatures obtained from 167 elderly subjects residing in the nursing home and 21 high school students.
Two nursing homes and a high school.
Participants were 167 nursing home subjects and 21 high school students.
Oral temperatures were measured in the morning and afternoon among nursing home subjects and high school students using an electronic digital thermometer.
The average age of old and young subjects was 82.5 and 14.6 years, respectively. Mean morning temperature was not different between the old (97.3 +/- 0.82 degrees F) and young (97.1 +/- 1.03 degrees F). In young subjects, afternoon temperatures increased by 0.69 +/- 1.15 degrees F to 97.8 +/- 0.92 degrees F (P < .05) while temperatures in old subjects rose by 0.14 +/- 1.11 degrees F to 97.4 +/- 0.93 degrees F (P > .05). The increase during the day was greater for young subjects compared with the old (P < .04). Two of 20 young and 8 of 167 old subjects had temperatures of 98.6 degrees F or greater in the morning while 3 of 20 young and 21 of 163 old subjects achieved this temperature or higher in the afternoon.
Both older and young subjects have mean oral body temperatures lower than 98.6 degrees F. Relatively few young and old subjects even achieve this temperature. The diurnal rise in body temperature was less among nursing home subjects compared with younger subjects.
比较年轻人和老年人的日间体温。
对167名居住在养老院的老年人和21名高中生的口腔温度进行分析。
两家养老院和一所高中。
参与者为167名养老院老人和21名高中生。
使用电子数字温度计在上午和下午测量养老院老人和高中生的口腔温度。
老年人和年轻人的平均年龄分别为82.5岁和14.6岁。老年人（97.3±0.82华氏度）和年轻人（97.1±1.03华氏度）的平均早晨体温无差异。在年轻人中，下午体温升高0.69±1.15华氏度至97.8±0.92华氏度（P<.05），而老年人的体温升高0.14±1.11华氏度至97.4±0.93华氏度（P>.05）。与老年人相比，年轻人白天的体温升高幅度更大（P<.04）。20名年轻人中有2名、167名老年人中有8名早晨体温达到或高于98.6华氏度，20名年轻人中有3名、163名老年人中有21名下午体温达到或高于此温度。
老年人和年轻人的平均口腔体温均低于98.6华氏度。达到这个温度的年轻人和老年人相对较少。与年轻人相比，养老院老人的体温日间升高幅度较小。
