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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of study participants

From: What is the best adjustment of appendicular lean mass for predicting mortality or disability among Japanese community dwellers?

 

Men

Women

 

Characteristic

(n = 1026)

(n = 952)

P *

Age, years, mean (SD)

58.8 (10.9)

58.5 (10.8)

.588

Weight, kg, mean (SD)

62.4 (9.2)

52.6 (8.0)

<.001

Height, cm, mean (SD)

164.7 (6.4)

151.7 (5.9)

<.001

Leg length, cm, mean (SD)

80.3 (4.1)

74.2 (3.6)

<.001

BMI, kg/m2, mean (SD)

23.0 (2.8)

22.8 (3.1)

.455

ALM, kg, mean (SD)

20.1 (2.8)

14.1 (2.0)

<.001

ALM/leg length, kg/m, mean (SD)

25.0 (3.1)

18.9 (18.8)

<.001

ALM/height, kg/m, mean (SD)

12.2 (1.4)

9.3 (1.1)

<.001

ALM/(height)2, kg/m2, mean (SD)

7.3 (5.0)

6.1 (4.2)

<.001

ALM/weight, kg/kg × 100, mean (SD)

32.4 (2.3)

26.7 (2.3)

<.001

ALM/BMI, kg/kg/m2 × 10, mean (SD)

8.8 (1.0)

6.2 (0.8)

<.001

Current smoker, n (%)

388 (37.8)

69 (7.2)

<.001

Education, ≤ 9 years, n (%)

297 (28.9)

342 (35.9)

<.001

Family income, < 5,500,000 yen/year, n (%)

395 (38.5)

429 (45.1)

.003

Stroke, n (%)

34 (3.3)

13 (1.4)

.005

Hypertension, n (%)

236 (23.0)

241 (25.3)

.230

Heart disease, n (%)

121 (11.8)

97 (10.2)

.255

Hyperlipidemia, n (%)

135 (13.2)

187 (19.6)

<.001

Diabetes, n (%)

102 (9.9)

45 (4.7)

<.001

  1. SD standard deviation, BMI body mass index, ALM appendicular lean mass
  2. *The t-test was used for continuous variables, and the χ2 test was used for categorical variables
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