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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of participants according to AWGS-defined sarcopenia

From: Inflammatory indexes are not associated with sarcopenia in Chinese community-dwelling older people: a cross-sectional study

Characteristics

No sarcopenia

(n = 323)

Sarcopenia

(n = 61)

p

Women (%)

182 (56.3)

42 (68.9)

0.069

Age (years)

70.7 ± 5.3

75.9 ± 6.5

< 0.001

Comorbidities (%)

 Hypertension

96 (29.7)

20 (32.8)

0.632

 Coronary heart disease

25 (7.7)

11 (18.0)

0.011

 Diabetes

29 (9.0)

7 (11.5)

0.539

 Stoke

41 (12.7)

6 (9.8)

0.532

 COPD

28 (8.7)

4 (6.6)

0.584

 Cognitive impairment

6 (1.9)

8 (13.1)

< 0.001

 History of falls

43 (13.3)

16 (26.2)

0.010

BMI (kg/m2)

24.4 ± 3.4

23.4 ± 2.9

0.025

CC (cm)

32.7 ± 2.6

30.8 ± 2.2

< 0.001

ASM (kg)

15.4 ± 3.8

12.3 ± 2.6

< 0.001

ASMI (kg/m2)

6.3 ± 1.0

5.4 ± 0.8

< 0.001

Body fat mass (kg)

19.0 ± 5.8

18.5 ± 5.1

0.531

Gait speed (m/s)

0.9 ± 0.2

0.6 ± 0.1

< 0.001

Handgrip strength (kg)

24.4 ± 8.7

14.8 ± 4.8

< 0.001

Laboratory parameters

 Total bilirubin (μmol/L)

15.2 ± 6.4

15.2 ± 6.3

0.956

 Direct bilirubin (μmol/L)

5.1 ± 1.8

4.9 ± 1.7

0.388

 ALT (IU/L)

19.3 ± 10.2

20.0 ± 17.3

0.623

 AST (IU/L)

23.0 ± 7.0

24.9 ± 13.4

0.115

 Albumin (g/L)

43.1 ± 2.6

42.2 ± 2.9

0.007

 Globulin (g/L)

28.6 ± 4.2

30.2 ± 4.7

0.007

 Alkaline phosphatase (IU/L)

78.7 ± 21.0

81.9 ± 23.7

0.285

 GGT (IU/L)

23.5 ± 15.9

24.3 ± 21.6

0.714

 Creatinine (μmol/L)

74.3 ± 17.8

73.4 ± 20.8

0.732

 Cystatin C (mg/L)

1.0 ± 0.2

1.1 ± 0.2

0.230

 Uric acid (μmol/L)

332.5 ± 82.7

311.0 ± 81.6

0.063

 Glucose (mmol/L)

5.5 ± 1.4

5.6 ± 1.8

0.442

 Triglyceride (mmol/L)

1.5 ± 1.0

1.3 ± 0.7

0.226

 Total cholesterol (mmol/L)

4.5 ± 0.9

4.6 ± 1.0

0.481

 HDL-C (mmol/L)

1.4 ± 0.4

1.6 ± 0.4

0.004

 LDL-C (mmol/L)

2.9 ± 0.8

2.9 ± 0.9

0.955

 CRP (mg/L)

2.7 ± 1.9

2.9 ± 2.0

0.420

 Hemoglobin (g/L)

137.2 ± 15.6

129.2 ± 16.1

< 0.001

 Platelet (10^9/L)

148.8 ± 52.3

157.6 ± 59.7

0.240

 Leukocyte (10^9/L)

5.5 ± 1.4

5.4 ± 1.6

0.488

 Neutrophil (10^9/L)

3.3 ± 1.0

3.2 ± 1.2

0.638

 Lymphocyte (10^9/L)

1.7 ± 0.5

1.6 ± 0.5

0.482

 Monocyte (10^9/L)

0.4 ± 0.2

0.4 ± 0.1

0.406

  1. Notes: Data are presented as the number (percentage) for the following variables: women and specific comorbidities listed above. For other variables, the mean ± SD is applied
  2. One-way ANOVA and chi-squared tests were used where appropriate. P < 0.05 indicates statistically significant
  3. Abbreviations: ALT alanine aminotransferase, ASM appendicular skeletal muscle mass, ASMI appendicular skeletal muscle index, AST aspartate aminotransferase, BMI body mass index, CC calf circumference, COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, CRP C-reactive protein, GGT γ-glutamyl transpeptidase, HDL-C high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, LDL-C low-density lipoprotein cholesterol
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