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Table 1 Participants’ clinical characteristics

From: Value of appendicular skeletal muscle mass to total body fat ratio in predicting obesity in elderly people: a 2.2-year longitudinal study

 

Non obesity

New obesity

Male (n = 250)

Female (n = 172)

Male (n = 15)

Female (n = 9)

Age (years)

63.8 (4.1)

63.5 (3.4)

64.4 (5.2)

62.4 (2.5)

Smoking history (n,%)

146 (58.4)

12 (7.0)

9 (60.0)

1 (11.1)

BMI (kg/m2)

24.08 (1.94)

23.54 (2.21)

26.46 (0.91)**

26.32 (0.74)††

Follow-up BMI (kg/m2)

24.21 (2.00)

23.67 (2.14)

27.83 (0.41)**

28.12 (0.45)††

WHR

0.94 (0.04)

0.83 (0.04)

0.97 (0.03)*

0.86 (0.01)††

Follow-up WHR

0.95 (0.04)

0.84 (0.03)

0.99 (0.05)**

0.89 (0.02)††

ASM (kg)

25.03 (6.11)

18.45 (2.48)

27.33 (2.46)

18.72 (2.24)

Follow-up ASM (kg)

25.11 (2.66)

18.36 (1.78)

28.07 (2.94)**

19.83 (1.99)†

TBF (kg)

16.15 (3.77)

17.94 (3.64)

20.59 (3.21)**

22.22 (2.55)†

Follow-up TBF (kg)

16.53 (3.74)

18.52 (3.44)

22.15 (3.56)**

25.27 (2.08)††

ASM/TBF (%)

1.67 (0.76)

1.07 (0.27)

1.36 (0.23)

0.84 (0.06)††

Follow-up ASM/TBF (%)

1.61 (0.47)

1.02 (0.18)

1.32 (0.37)*

0.79 (0.05)††

Albumin (g/L)

45.15 (2.59)

45.44 (2.45)

44.71 (3.02)

46.94 (2.03)

Follow-up albumin (g/L)

44.73 (2.45)

44.79 (2.67)

44.08 (2.71)

46.08 (2.51)

DM (n, %)

49 (19.6)

38 (22.1)

3 (20.0)

1 (11.1)

  1. Continuous data were shown as mean (SD) and categorical data were n (%)
  2. Abbreviations: BMI body mass index; WHR waist-hip ratio; AS appendicular skeletal muscle mass; TBF total body fat; DM diabetes mellitus
  3. Non obesity versus New obesity: Male: *P < 0.05, **P < 0.001; Female: †P < 0.05, ††P < 0.001
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BMC Geriatrics

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