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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of the subjects included in studies that focused on sarcopenia

From: Sarcopenia is associated with hypertension in older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Study included

No. of sarcopenia patients HTN (−)/HTN (+)

No. of non-sarcopenia patients HTN (−)/HTN (+)

Means ± SD (mmHg, non-sarcopenia/sarcopenia)

% of participants taking antihypertensive drugs

Odd ratios (95% CI) c

SBP

DBP

Landi et al. [7]

154/126

43/28

    

Han et al. a [8]

2326/1156

894/544

126.40 ± 0.50/129.30 ± 0.90

74.30 ± 0.30/75.10 ± 0.50

33.00 ± 1.30/ 45.30 ± 1.90

1.50 (1.23–1.84)

Han et al. b [8]

594/393

1032/771

129.90 ± 0.80/131.20 ± 0.70

76.90 ± 0.50/77.60 ± .40

52.00 ± 2.40/ 62.30 ± 1.90

NA

Koo et al. [9]

239/98

70/41

98.10 ± 14.8/ 127.9 ± 17.4

77.8 ± 11.0/ 77.2 ± 11.5

NA

NA

Can et al. [29]

36/4

36/12

NA

NA

NA

NA

Han et al. [24]

634/267

77/36

NA

NA

NA

NA

Montes et al. [28]

148/116

52/33

NA

NA

NA

NA

Xu et al. [18]

4459/NA

312/NA

NA

NA

NA

1.44 (1.16–1.78)

  1. Abbreviations: HTN Hypertension, SD standard deviation, SBP systolic blood pressure, DBP diastolic blood pressure, CI confidence interval, NA not available
  2. a, participants whose BMI was less than 25.00 kg/m2
  3. b, participants whose BMI was equal or more than 25.00 kg/m2
  4. c, Odd ratios stands for hypertension with sarcopenia compared to without sarcopenia