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Table 2 The characteristics of study population in the Study on global AGEing and adult health from China

From: Associations between sarcopenia with asthmatic prevalence, lung function and comorbidity

 

No sarcopenia

Non-severe sarcopenia

Severe sarcopenia

P

N

8998

753

512

 

Age

68.8 ± 6.9

73.0 ± 7.2

76.1 ± 7.3

 < 0.01

Sex

   

 < 0.01

 Male

4506 (50.1%)

312 (41.4%)

199 (38.9%)

 

 Female

4492 (49.9%)

441 (58.6%)

313 (61.1%)

 

Region

   

0.01

 North

2754 (30.6%)

195 (25.9%)

141 (27.5%)

 

 South

6244 (69.4%)

558 (74.1%)

371 (72.5%)

 

Urban/Rural

   

 < 0.01

 Urban

4985 (55.4%)

297 (39.4%)

151 (29.5%)

 

 Rural

4013 (44.6%)

456 (60.6%)

361 (70.5%)

 

Married status

   

 < 0.01

 Current unmarried

1790 (19.9%)

253 (33.6%)

205 (40.0%)

 

 Current married

7208 (80.1%)

500 (66.4%)

307 (60.0%)

 

Alochol

   

0.05

 Ever

2349 (26.1%)

175 (23.2%)

115 (22.5%)

 

 Never

6649 (73.9%)

578 (76.8%)

397 (77.5%)

 

Smoking

   

0.73

 Never

6302 (70.0%)

522 (69.3%)

371 (72.5%)

 

 Ever

888 (9.9%)

72 (9.6%)

44 (8.6%)

 

 Current

1808 (20.1%)

159 (21.1%)

97 (18.9%)

 

Body mass index

   

 < 0.01

 Underweight

131 (1.5%)

231 (30.7%)

146 (28.5%)

 

 Normal

3992 (44.4%)

521 (69.2%)

364 (71.1%)

 

 Overweight

3525 (39.2%)

1 (0.1%)

2 (0.4%)

 

 Obesity

1350 (15.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

 

Moderate-intensity activity

  

 < 0.01

 Yes

2840 (31.6%)

304 (40.4%)

188 (36.7%)

 

 No

6158 (68.4%)

449 (59.6%)

324 (63.3%)

 

Vigorous-intensity activity

   

0.61

 Yes

748 (8.3%)

66 (8.8%)

37 (7.2%)

 

 No

8250 (91.7%)

687 (91.2%)

475 (92.8%)

 

Night sleep duration

   

 < 0.01

  < 360 min

751 (8.3%)

79 (10.5%)

62 (12.1%)

 

 360–419 min

1210 (13.4%)

92 (12.2%)

53 (10.4%)

 

 420-479 min

1958 (21.8%)

126 (16.7%)

58 (11.3%)

 

 480-539 min

2890 (32.1%)

224 (29.7%)

122 (23.8%)

 

  ≥ 540 min

2189 (24.3%)

232 (30.8%)

217 (42.4%)

 

Hypertension

   

 < 0.01

 No

5359 (59.6%)

586 (77.8%)

403 (78.7%)

 

 Yes

3639 (40.4%)

167 (22.2%)

109 (21.3%)

 

Diabetes

   

 < 0.01

 No

8082 (89.8%)

718 (95.4%)

489 (95.5%)

 

 Yes

916 (10.2%)

35 (4.6%)

23 (4.5%)

 

Stroke

   

0.22

 No

8051 (89.5%)

685 (91.0%)

467 (91.2%)

 

 Yes

947 (10.5%)

68 (9.0%)

45 (8.8%)

 

Angina

   

0.32

 No

8486 (94.3%)

720 (95.6%)

483 (94.3%)

 

 Yes

512 (5.7%)

33 (4.4%)

29 (5.7%)

 

Chronic lung diseases

   

 < 0.01

 No

8101 (90.0%)

654 (86.9%)

434 (84.8%)

 

 Yes

897 (10.0%)

99 (13.1%)

78 (15.2%)

 

Arthritis

   

0.01

 No

6879 (76.5%)

615 (81.7%)

376 (73.4%)

 

 Yes

2119 (23.5%)

138 (18.3%)

136 (26.6%)

 

Asthma

   

0.1

 No

8733 (97.1%)

724 (96.1%)

490 (95.7%)

 

 Yes

265 (2.9%)

29 (3.9%)

22 (4.3%)

 

FEV1

1.7 ± 0.7

1.5 ± 0.7

1.3 ± 0.7

 < 0.01

FEV1/FVC

   

 < 0.01

  ≥ 0.7

7252 (80.6%)

555 (73.7%)

352 (68.8%)

 

  < 0.7

1746 (19.4%)

198 (26.3%)

160 (31.2%)

 

PEF

78.6 ± 19.9

76.6 ± 19.5

73.8 ± 21.0

 < 0.01

FEF25-75

2.0 ± 1.1

1.6 ± 1.1

1.3 ± 1.0

 < 0.01