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

Table 2 Group difference of the inflammatory indexes according to sarcopenia defined by different criteria

Characteristics	No sarcopenia	Sarcopenia	p
AWGS	n = 323	n = 61
PLR	94.3 ± 39.5	101.6 ± 40.6	0.190
NLR	2.1 ± 0.9	2.1 ± 0.8	0.828
LMR	4.4 ± 1.3	4.4 ± 1.5	0.939
AWGS 2019	n = 208	n = 176
PLR	93.7 ± 35.5	97.5 ± 44.2	0.348
NLR	2.1 ± 0.8	2.1 ± 1.0	0.407
LMR	4.4 ± 1.5	4.4 ± 1.6	0.757
EWGSOP	n = 339	n = 45
PLR	94.2 ± 39.6	105.3 ± 39.4	0.079
NLR	2.1 ± 0.9	2.3 ± 1.2	0.078
LMR	4.5 ± 1.5	4.1 ± 1.5	0.141
EWGSOP2	n = 346	n = 38
PLR	94.5 ± 39.7	104.3 ± 38.9	0.149
NLR	2.1 ± 0.9	2.3 ± 1.1	0.177
LMR	4.4 ± 1.5	4.4 ± 1.6	0.909
IWGS	n = 288	n = 96
PLR	94.1 ± 38.6	99.7 ± 42.9	0.228
NLR	2.1 ± 0.9	2.1 ± 0.9	0.758
LMR	4.4 ± 1.5	4.4 ± 1.5	0.884
FNIH	n = 325	n = 59
PLR	96.1 ± 40.2	92.1 ± 37.1	0.484
NLR	2.1 ± 0.9	1.9 ± 0.8	0.178
LMR	4.4 ± 1.5	4.7 ± 1.4	0.078

Abbreviations: AWGS Asia Working Group for Sarcopenia, AWGS 2019 the updated version of AWGS, EWGSOP European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older People, EWGSOP2 the updated version of EWGSOP, FNIH the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health, IWGS International Working Group on Sarcopenia, LMR lymphocyte-to-monocyte ratio, NLR neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio, PLR platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio

ISSN: 1471-2318