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Table 2 Summary of sarcopenia components and sarcopenia categories, stratified by gender

From: Prevalence of sarcopenia in community-dwelling older adults using the updated EWGSOP2 definition according to kidney function and albuminuria

 

Total (n = 1420)

Men (n = 616)

Women (n = 804)

p-value

Sarcopenia components

 Low muscle strength

306 (21.5%)

136 (22.1%)

170 (21.1%)

0.672

 Low muscle mass

463 (32.6%)

151 (24.5%)

312 (38.8%)

< 0.001

 Low physical performance

440 (31.0%)

165 (26.8%)

275 (34.2%)

0.003

Sarcopenia categories

 No sarcopenia

1114 (78.5%)

480 (77.9%)

634 (78.9%)

0.672

 Probable sarcopenia

156 (11.0%)

77 (12.5%)

79 (9.8%)

0.110

 Confirmed sarcopenia

65 (4.6%)

26 (4.2%)

39 (4.9%)

0.573

 Severe sarcopenia

85 (6.0%)

33 (5.4%)

52 (6.5%)

0.382