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Table 5 Difference in sarcopenia prevalence (percentage points, %) between EWGSOP1 and 2 applying uniform cut-offs (T-score − 2.0 and − 2.5)

From: Comparison of the 2010 and 2019 diagnostic criteria for sarcopenia by the European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older People (EWGSOP) in two cohorts of Swedish older adults

 

EWGSOP (cut-offs)

  

EWGSOP (cut-offs)

  

1 vs. 2 (T-score − 2.0)

1 vs. 2 (T-score − 2.5)

Cohort/Sex (n)

Difference % (95%CI)

P-valuea

Κb

Difference % (95%CI)

P-valuea

Κb

All (1041)

1.0 (0.3–1.7)

0.002

0.96

0.9 (0.2–1.6)

0.004

0.94

70-yrs

 Both sexes (884)

0.8 (0.1–1.6)

0.016

0.94

0.6 (0.0–1.3)

0.063

0.82

 Men (391)

1.3 (−0.1–2.9)

0.063

0.85

0.8 (−3.6–2.3)

0.25

0.72

 Women (493)

0.4 (−0.5–1.4)

0.50

0.98

0.4 (−0.5–1.5)

0.50

0.89

85-yrs

 Both sexes (157)

1.9 (−0.6–4.4)

0.25

0.96

2.5 (−0.2–5.3)

0.13

0.95

 Men (57)

1.8 (− 3.0–6.5)

1.0

0.96

0.0 (− 3.9–3.9)

1.0

1.0

 Women (100)

2.0 (−1.4–5.5)

0.50

0.96

4.0 (−0.3–8.2)

0.13

0.92

  1. EWGSOP; The European Working Groupon Sarcopenia in Older People 2010 (EWGSOP1) [1] and 2019 (EWGSOP2) [2] diagnostic criteria (Table 1 and Table 3)
  2. a Difference, Exact binomial sign test
  3. b Agreement, Cohen’s kappa
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