From: Sex differences in impact of sarcopenia on falls in community-dwelling Korean older adults
Characteristic | Male | P | Female | P | ||
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Non-faller (n = 935) | Faller (n = 176) | Non-faller (n = 919) | Faller (n = 293) | |||
HGS, kg (mean ± SD) | 32.6 ± 5.8 | 30.5 ± 5.8 | < 0.001* | 21.3 ± 3.9 | 20.7 ± 3.8 | 0.044* |
ASMI, kg/m2 (mean ± SD) | 7.04 ± 0.8 | 6.97 ± 0.8 | 0.297 | 5.86 ± 0.7 | 5.74 ± 0.7 | 0.014* |
SPPB (mean ± SD) | 11.2 ± 1.2 | 10.6 ± 1.6 | < 0.001* | 10.6 ± 1.4 | 10.3 ± 1.8 | 0.013* |
Sarcopeniaa (n, %) | 162 (17.3) | 40 (22.7) | 0.109 | 98 (10.7) | 45 (15.4) | 0.037* |
severe Sarcopeniab (n, %) | 29 (3.1) | 7 (8.5) | 0.001* | 32 (3.5) | 7 (2.4) | 0.356 |