Table 2 Demographic and disease-related characteristics at baseline
All | EWGSOP | EWGSOP2 | FNIH | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No sarcopenia n = 227 (79%) | Sarcopenia n = 60 (21%) | Not probable sarcopenia n = 78 (27%) | Probable sarcopenia n = 209 (73%) | No sarcopenia N = 229 (80%) | Sarcopenia N = 58 (20%) | No sarcopenia N = 261 (92%) | Sarcopenia N = 24 (8%) | ||
Age, years, mean (SD) | 86.6 (1.0) | 86.6 (1.0) | 86.6 (1.0) | 86.3 (0.9) | 86.7 (1.1)*** | 86.6 (1.1) | 86.5 (1.0) | 86.6 (1.0) | 86.6 (1.1) |
Education, n (%) | |||||||||
6–7 years | 140 (49) | 113 (50) | 27 (45) | 33 (42) | 107 (51) | 112 (49) | 28 (48) | 123 (47) | 16 (67) |
8–13 years | 88 (31) | 65 (29) | 23 (38) | 27 (35) | 61 (29) | 67 (29) | 21 (36) | 81 (31) | 7 (29) |
> 13 years | 59 (20) | 49 (21) | 10 (17) | 18 (23) | 41 (20) | 50 (22) | 9 (16) | 57 (22) | 1 (4) |
MMSE score, median (IQR) | 28 (3) | 28 (3) | 28 (3) | 28 (2) | 28 (3) | 28 (3) | 28 (3) | 28 (2) | 26.5 (4.5) |
Charlson score, median (IQR) | 1 (2) | 1 (2) | 1 (2) | 1 (1) | 1 (2)* | 1 (2) | 1 (2) | 1 (2) | 1.5 (2)** |
Myocardial infarction, n (%) | 57 (20) | 41 (18) | 16 (27) | 17 (22) | 40 (19) | 44 (19) | 13 (22) | 47 (18) | 10 (42)* |
Heart failure, n (%) | 38 (13) | 30 (13) | 8 (13) | 7 (9) | 31 (15) | 34 (15) | 4 (7) | 32 (12) | 6 (25) |
Peripheral vascular disease, n (%) | 11 (4) | 9 (4) | 2 (3) | 4 (5) | 7 (3) | 10 (4) | 1 (2) | 9 (3) | 2 (8) |
Cerebrovascular disease, n (%) | 41 (14) | 32 (14) | 9 (15) | 9 (12) | 32 (15) | 30 (13) | 11 (19) | 38 (15) | 3 (13) |
Dementia, n (%) | 4 (1) | 4 (2) | 0 (0) | 2 (3) | 2 (1) | 4 (2) | 0 (0) | 4 (2) | 0 (0) |
Chronic pulmonary disease, n (%) | 17 (6) | 13 (6) | 4 (7) | 3 (4) | 14 (7) | 12 (5) | 5 (9) | 14 (5) | 2 (8) |
Rheumatic disease, n (%) | 12 (4) | 9 (4) | 3 (5) | 0 (0) | 12 (6)* | 9 (4) | 3 (5) | 8 (3) | 3 (13) |
Diabetes, n (%) | 27 (9) | 17 (7) | 10 (17)* | 5 (6) | 22 (11) | 21 (9) | 6 (10) | 19 (7) | 8 (33)** |
Renal disease, n (%) | 8 (3) | 6 (3) | 2 (3) | 2 (3) | 6 (3) | 5 (2) | 3 (5) | 7 (3) | 1 (4) |
History of cancer, n (%) | 56 (20) | 48 (21) | 8 (13) | 8 (10) | 48 (23)* | 46 (20) | 10 (17) | 50 (19) | 6 (25) |
Smoking | |||||||||
yes, n (%) | 16 (6) | 12 (5) | 4 (7) | 4 (5) | 12 (6) | 14 (6) | 2 (3) | 14 (5) | 2 (8) |
no, n (%) | 271 (94) | 215 (95) | 56 (93) | 74 (95) | 197 (94) | 215 (94) | 56 (97) | 247 (95) | 22 (92) |