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Section Type: RESULTS

Text: At the end of the study period, the levocarnitine-treated centenarians, compared with the placebo group, showed significant improvements in the following markers : total fat mass (-1. 80 compared with 0. 6 kg ; P < 0. 01), total muscle mass (3. 80 compared with 0. 8 kg ; P < 0. 01), plasma concentrations of total carnitine (12. 60 compared with -1. 70 mumol ; P < 0. 05), plasma long-chain acylcarnitine (1. 50 compared with -0. 1 micromol ; P < 0. 001), and plasma short-chain acylcarnitine (6. 0 compared with -1. 50 micromol ; P < 0. 001).