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Table 1 Cut-points for defining slowness and weakness

From: Association of Frailty with recovery from disability among community-dwelling Chinese older adults: China health and retirement longitudinal study

Gait speed over a 2.5-m course:

 

Men with height ≤ 163 cm

≤0.45 m/s

Slowness

Men with height > 163 cm

≤0.48 m/s

 

Women with height ≤ 163 cm

≤0.36 m/s

 

Women with height > 163 cm

≤0.43 m/s

Grip strength (kg):

 

Men with BMI ≤ 20.6 kg/ m2

≤25.2 kg

 

Men with BMI 20.6–23.2 kg/ m2

≤28.5 kg

 

Men with BMI 23.2–25.9 kg/ m2

≤30.0 kg

Weakness

Men with BMI ≥ 25.9 kg/ m2

≤30.0 kg

 

Women with BMI ≤ 20.0 kg/ m2

≤15.0 kg

 

Women with BMI 20.0–22.1 kg/ m2

≤17.5 kg

 

Women with BMI 22.1–24.8 kg/ m2

≤17.5 kg

 

Women with BMI > 24.8 kg/ m2

≤20.0 kg

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