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Table 6 Prevalence of sarcopenia and sarcopenia categories according to ACR (mg/g) categories

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

 

Non-1sarcopenic (n = 1270)

Sarcopenic (n = 150)

p-value

ACR category

No sarcopenia (n = 1114)

Probable sarcopenia (n = 156)

Confirmed sarcopenia (n = 65)

Severe sarcopenia (n = 85)

< 30 (n = 1037)

941 (90.7%)

96 (9.3%)

0.008

842 (81.2%)

99 (9.5%)

46 (4.4%)

50 (4.8%)

 

30–300 (n = 288)

250 (86.8%)

38 (13.2%)

0.104

211 (73.3%)

39 (13.5%)

14 (4.9%)

24 (8.3%)

 

> 300 (n = 95)

79 (83.2%)

16 (16.8%)

0.039

61 (64.2%)

18 (18.9%)

5 (5.3%)

11 (11.6%)

 
  1. ACR Albumin-to-creatinine ratio