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Table 1 Metabolic characteristics and anthropometric measures of study participants

From: Determination of skeletal muscle mass by aspartate aminotransferase / alanine aminotransferase ratio, insulin and FSH in Chinese women with sarcopenia

 

No sarcopenia (n = 2340)

Sarcopenia (n = 497)

P value

AGE (years)

60.4 ± 7.4

67.2 ± 9.0

0.000*

TSH (mIU/L)

3.60 ± 2.91

3.58 ± 5.07

0.928

FT3/(pmol/L)

4.52 ± 1.43

4.30 ± 0.73

0.000*

FT4/(pmol/L)

17.69 ± 3.28

18.06 ± 2.98

0.014*

PTC/(nmol/L)

323 ± 139

350 ± 193

0.000*

FSH/(IU/L)

63.56 ± 26.46

74.04 ± 25.46

0.000*

PCT/(mmol/L)

0.19 ± 0.05

0.18 ± 0.05

0.050

25(OH)VD/(nmol/L)

17.95 ± 5.71

17.44 ± 6.31

0.103

Insulin/(mmol/L)

8.96 ± 7.18

6.21 ± 4.17

0.000*

Glucose/(mmol/L)

5.49 ± 1.57

5.40 ± 1.76

0.328

TP/(g/L)

72.3 ± 6.3

71.6 ± 5.3

0.009*

ALB/(g/L)

44.5 ± 2.9

43.3 ± 3.3

0.000*

PA/(g/L)

278.38 ± 148.23

257.31 ± 126.01

0.001*

A/G

1.63 ± 0.26

1.57 ± 0.24

0.000*

ALT/(U/L)

27.4 ± 19.3

21.6 ± 13.3

0.000*

AST/(U/L)

28.9 ± 13.7

28.7 ± 15.3

0.717

AST/ALT

1.19 ± 0.38

1.46 ± 0.46

0.000*

CHOL/(mmol/L)

4.89 ± 0.90

4.89 ± 1.01

0.962

TG/(mmol/L)

1.92 ± 1.76

1.74 ± 1.65

0.029*

HDL/(mmol/L)

1.29 ± 0.29

1.39 ± 0.35

0.000*

LDL/(mmol/L)

2.72 ± 0.87

2.71 ± 0.86

0.882

VLDL/(mmol/L)

0.87 ± 0.80

0.79 ± 0.75

0.030*

#Weight/kg

61.47 ± 9.17

48.53 ± 7.5

0.000*

#Height/cm

153.32 ± 5.9

148.11 ± 5.6

0.000*

#BMI/(kg/m2)

26.2 ± 3.7

22.2 ± 3.6

0.000*

Gait speed/(m/s)

5.12 ± 2.88

6.29 ± 3.08

0.000*

#Handgrip/kg

19.14 ± 5.53

14.54 ± 3.81

0.000*

#ASM/kg

14.09 ± 4.30

10.64 ± 3.23

0.000*

#ASMI/(kg/m2)

6.42 ± 0.62

5.21 ± 0.36

0.000*

  1. TSH, thyroid-stimulating hormone; FT3, free triiodothyronine; FT4, free tetraiodothyronine; PTC, adrenal cortisol; FSH, follicle-stimulating hormone; PCT, procalcitonin; TP, total protein; ALB, albumin; PA, prealbumin; A/G, albumin to globulin ratio; ALT, alanine aminotransferase; AST, aspartate aminotransferase; AST/ALT, alanine aminotransferase to aspartate aminotransferase ratio; CHOL, cholesterol; TG, triglyceride; HDL, high-density lipoprotein; LDL, low-density lipoprotein; VLDL, very low density lipoprotein; BMI, body mass index (weight/ height2); ASM, appendicular skeletal muscle mass; ASMI, appendicular skeletal muscle mass index (ASM/height2). *P < 0.05, #t-test was used to compare two groups