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Table 1 Participant characteristics and other measurement data

From: A cross-sectional study of the association between dynapenia and higher-level functional capacity in daily living in community-dwelling older adults in Japan

 

Total

(N = 123)

Men

(N = 31)

Women

(N = 92)

P-value

Physical Characteristics

 Age

75.4 ± 5.2

78.2 ± 6.2

74.5 ± 4.5

0.00

 Height (m)

1.5 ± 0.1

1.6 ± 0.1

1.5 ± 0.1

0.00

 Weight (kg)

53.3 ± 8.1

57.3 ± 8.0

51.9 ± 7.7

0.00

 Body fat (%)

29.6 ± 7.5

23.6 ± 6.9

31.6 ± 6.6

0.00

Disease

 Musculoskeletal disease (N)

18

1

17

 

 Cardiovascular disease (N)

34

8

26

 

 Endocrine disease and metabolic disease (N)

18

2

16

 

 Digestive disease (N)

11

6

5

 

 Neoplasm (N)

9

4

5

 

Skeletal Muscle Mass

 Upper limbs (kg)

3.4 ± 0.8

4.3 ± 0.7

3.1 ± 0.5

0.00

 Lower limbs (kg)

11.1 ± 2.3

13.6 ± 2.1

10.4 ± 1.6

0.00

 Total (kg)

29.4 ± 8.4

35.6 ± 8.6

27.3 ± 7.2

0.00

 SMI (kg/m2)

6.2 ± 0.8

6.9 ± 0.6

5.9 ± 0.7

0.00

Physical Function

 Knee extension muscle strength (kgf)

21.5 ± 7.7

28.8 ± 9.3

19.1 ± 5.1

0.00

 Handgrip strength (kg)

22.3 ± 5.4

28.7 ± 5.3

20.1 ± 3.3

0.00

 Walking speed (m/sec)

1.4 ± 0.3

1.3 ± 0.3

1.4 ± 0.4

0.04

 Unipedal standing (sec)

32.8 ± 21.6

31.0 ± 19.6

33.5 ± 22.3

0.58

Judgement result

 Sarcopenia, n (%)

20(16)

8(26)

12(13)

0.09

 Dynapenia, n (%)

30(24)

4(13)

26(28)

0.08

 Frailty, n (%)

7(6)

2(6)

5(5)

0.81

 Static balance ability decline, n (%)

61(50)

16(52)

45(49)

0.57

TMIG-IC (Score)

11.8 ± 1.5

11.4 ± 1.7

11.9 ± 1.5

0.10

  1. SMI skeletal muscle mass index, TMIG-IC the Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology Index of Competence