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Table 3 Anthropometry, body constitution, and physical function and strength at baseline

From: Sarcopenia prevalence and associations with mortality and hospitalisation by various sarcopenia definitions in 85–89 year old community-dwelling men: a report from the ULSAM study

 

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%)

Height, cm, mean (SD)

172.4 (6.0)

173.0 (5.9)

170.1 (6.0)***

172.1 (5.9)

172.5 (6.0)

172.6 (5.9)

171.6 (6.4)

172.9 (5.8)

166.8 (4.7)***

Weight, kg, mean (SD)

76.2 (11.2)

78.4 (10.7)

67.8 (9.0)***

75.1 (10.3)

76.6 (11.5)

78.1 (10.9)

68.7 (9.1)***

76.1 (11.2)

79.2 (11.1)

BMI, kg/m2, mean (SD)

25.6 (3.4)

26.2 (3.3)

23.4 (2.5)***

25.3 (3.1)

25.7 (3.5)

26.2 (3.3)

23.3 (2.7)***

25.4 (3.3)

28.4 (3.2)***

Waist circumference,

 - cm, mean (SD

100 (10)

101 (9)

95 (9)***

98 (9)

100 (10)*

101 (9)

95 (9)***

99 (10)

106 (8)***

 > 102 cm, n (%)

107 (37)

96 (42)

11 (18)***

23 (29)

84 (40)

96 (42)

11 (19)**

91 (35)

16 (67)**

SMI, kg/m2, mean (SD)

7.46 (0.77)

7.67 (0.71)

6.66 (0.41)***

7.55 (0.71)

7.42 (0.80)

7.71 (0.62)

6.46 (0.45)***

7.49 (0.77)

7.24 (0.71)

  < 7.0 kg/m2, n (%)

72 (25)

31 (14)

41 (68)***

14 (18)

58 (28)

14 (6)

58 (100)***

63 (24)

7 (29)

  < 7.26 kg/m2, n (%)

109 (38)

49 (22)

60 (100)***

26 (33)

83 (40)

51 (22)

58 (100)***

96 (37)

11 (46)

ASMM, kg, mean (SD)

22.2 (2.8)

22.9 (2.6)

19.3 (1.7)***

22.4 (2.7)

22.1 (2.9)

23.0 (2.5)

19.0 (1.9)***

22.4 (2.8)

20.1 (2.2)***

ALMBMI, mean (SD)

0.874 (0.117)

0.885 (0.119)

0.832 (0.098)**

0.891 (0.116)

0.867 (0.117)

0.886 (0.113)

0.826 (0.120)***

0.889 (0.109)

0.710 (0.038)***

  < 0.789, n (%)

62 (22)

43 (19)

19 (32)

12 (15)

50 (24)

42 (18)

20 (34)*

37 (14)

24 (100)***

FMtot, kg, mean (SD)

22.2 (7.5)

23.0 (7.5)

19.5 (7.0)**

20.7 (7.1)

22.8 (7.6)*

22.9 (7.6)

19.7 (6.7)**

21.7 (7.4)

28.6 (6.3)***

FMI, kg/m2, mean (SD)

7.48 (2.50)

7.69 (2.49)

6.71 (2.38)**

7.0 (2.32)

7.66 (2.54)*

7.69 (2.52)

6.68 (2.25)**

7.24 (2.39)

10.24 (2.02)***

GS, m/s, mean (SD)

1.36 (0.31)

1.40 (0.31)

1.23 (0.30)***

1.56 (0.27)

1.28 (0.29)***

1.39 (0.31)

1.24 (0.29)***

1.39 (0.30)

1.05 (0.28)***

  < 0.8 m/s, n (%)

13 (5)

6 (3)

7 (12)**

0 (0)

13 (6)*

9 (4)

4 (7)

8 (3)

5 (22)**

HGS, kg, mean (SD)

30.2 (6.5)

31.6 (6.3)

24.9 (3.8)***

33.8 (5.2)

28.9 (6.4)***

30.8 (6.6)

27.7 (5.4)***

31.1 (5.9)

20.7 (3.7)***

  < 30 kg, n (%)

132 (46)

72 (32)

60 (100)***

15 (19)

117 (56)***

95 (42)

37 (65)**

108 (41)

24 (100)***

  < 27 kg, n (%)

79 (28)

47 (21)

32 (53)***

0 (0)

79 (38)***

57 (25)

22 (39)*

55 (21)

24 (100)***

  < 26 kg, n (%)

60 (21)

35 (16)

25 (42)***

0 (0)

60 (29)***

42 (18)

18 (32)*

36 (14)

24 (100)***

CSa, mean, sec (SD)

17.9 (7.1)

17.6 (6.4)

19.4 (9.4)

13.1 (1.5)

20.2 (7.5)***

17.7 (7.1)

19.3 (7.2)

17.8 (7.2)

20.4 (5.7)

  > 15 s, n (%)

189 (66)

144 (64)

45 (75)

0 (0)

189 (91)***

137 (60)

52 (90)***

167 (64)

21 (91)*

  1. *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001
  2. aFor chair stand test n = 244. EWGSOP European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older People [3], EWGSOP2 European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older People, 2018 update [4], FNIH Foundation for the National Institutes of Health Sarcopenia Project [9], BMI body mass index, SMI skeletal muscle mass index, ASMM appendicular skeletal muscle mass, ALMBMI appendicular lean mass/BMI, FMtot fat mass (total), FMI fat mass index, GS gait speed, HGS hand grip strength, CS chair stand test