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Table 4 History of falls and prevalence of chronic diseases and multimorbidity

From: Understanding factors associated with sarcopenic obesity in older African women from a low-income setting: a cross-sectional analysis

Variables

Cohort (n = 122)

No sarcopenia (n = 88)

Sarcopenia (n = 34)

P value

Fallen in past year

46 (38.0)

34 (38.6)

12 (36.4)

0.819

Hypertension

105 (86.1)

72 (81.8)

33 (97.1)

0.029

Dyslipidemia

89 (73.0)

63 (71.6)

26 (81.3)

0.586

Diabetes

44 (36.1)

32 (32.7)

12 (35.3)

0.912

Arthritis

26 (21.3)

18 (20.5)

8 (23.5)

0.710

Osteoporosis

29 (23.8)

22 (25.0)

7 (20.6)

0.608

History of cancer

3 (2.5)

1 (1.1)

2 (5.9)

0.129

HIV

9 (7.4)

7 (8.0)

2 (5.9)

0.695

History of tuberculosis

22 (18.0)

19 (21.6)

3 (8.8)

0.100

Multi-morbidities (> 2 diseases)

111 (91.0)

81 (92.0)

30 (88.2)

0.501

  1. All data reported as n (%). Chi-square was used to determine differences in frequency of each variable between those with and without sarcopenia. Abbreviation: HIV human immunodeficiency virus