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Table 1 Participant characteristic

From: Association between dietary inflammatory potential and the probable sarcopenia among community-dwelling older adults: a cross-sectional study

Variables

Non-sarcopenic

(N=78)

Probable Sarcopenia

(N=123)

P-value*

 

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

 

Age (year)

63.9

3.66

67.54

5.94

<0.0001

Postmenopausal age (year)

47.35

4.86

47.91

5.64

0.53

Physical activity (min)

37.20

42.3

29.64

42.3

0.07

Weight (kg)

74.16

9.96

72.2

11.56

0.22

Height (m)

1.59

0.08

1.58

0.09

0.17

Waist circumference (cm)

97.67

8.92

97.28

10.38

0.79

MUAC (cm)

32.5

2.09

31.56

3.01

0.02

Body mass index (kg/m2)

29.26

4.07

28.82

4.09

0.45

WHtR

0.61

0.07

0.61

0.08

0.7

WHR a

0.88

0.06

0.86

0.1

0.25

HGS (Kg)

13.29

3.52

9.16

3.03

<0.0001

 

N (%)

N (%)

 

Gender

  

0.12

 Male

14 (30.4)

32 (69.6)

 

 Female

64 (41.3)

91 (58.7)

 

Marital status

  

0.16

 Married

61 (41.8)

85 (58.2)

 

 Other

17 (27.33)

38 (72.67)

 

Head of the family

  

0.18

 Father

15 (32.6)

31 (67.4)

 

 Mother

62 (41.9)

86 (58.1)

 

Education

  

0.14

 High school or lower

52 (36.1)

92 (63.9)

 

 University

26 (45.6)

31 (54.4)

 

Economic status

  

0.002

 Very bad

7 (21.2)

26 (78.8)

 

 Bad

20 (48.8)

21 (51.2)

 

 Average

9 (25)

27 (75)

 

 Good

9 (26.5)

25 (73.5)

 

 Very good

32 (57.1)

24 (42.9)

 

Supplements

 Vitamin D

56 (40.9)

81 (59.1)

0.24

 Multivitamins

32 (41)

46 (59)

0.36

 Minerals

39 (39)

61 (61)

0.52

Disorders

 Diabetes

19 (38)

31 (62)

0.52

 Cardiovascular

33 (29.5)

79 (70.5)

0.004

 Pulmonary

7 (35)

13 (65)

0.46

 Renal

4 (21.1)

15 (78.9)

0.07

 Skeletal

46 (34.8)

86 (65.2)

0.08

 Psychological

19 (31.7)

41 (68.3)

0.12

Medication

 Diabetes

14 (33.3)

28 (66.7)

0.28

 Cardiovascular

25 (26)

71 (74)

<0.0001

 Skeletal

17 (32.7)

35 (67.3)

0.2

 Psychological

11 (42.3)

15 (57.7)

0.41

BMI Status

  

0.49

 Underweight

4 (36.4)

7 (63.6)

 

 Normal

50 (38.8)

79 (61.2)

 

 Overweight

24 (39.3)

37 (60.7)

 

WC Status.

  

0.11

 Normal

17 (30.9)

38 (69.1)

 

 Abdominal obesity

61 (41.8)

85 (58.2)

 

WHtR status

  

0.19

 Normal

31 (36.9)

53 (63.1)

 

 Abdominal obesity

47 (40.2)

70 (59.8)

 

WHR status a

  

0.38

 Normal

23 (39)

36 (61)

 

 Abdominal obesity

41 (42.7)

55 (57.3)

 
  1. HGS Handgrip strength, SD standard deviation, BMI body mass index, WC waist circumference, MUAC Mid-upper arm circumference, WHtR Waist- to-height ratio, WHR Waist-to-hip ratio
  2. *P ≤ 0.05; Student’s t-test was used for comparing the means difference of quantitative variables, X2 test was used for qualitative variables
  3. a Calculated in women
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