Table 1 Characteristics of participants by sarcopenic obesity status
Total (n = 2256) | Non-sarcopenic obesity (n = 2115) | Sarcopenic obesity (n = 141) | P valueb | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Age (years)a | 67.6 ± 5.9 | 67.5 ± 5.8 | 70.1 ± 6.9 | < 0.001 |
Female, % | 1359 (60.2) | 1295 (61.2) | 64 (45.4) | < 0.001 |
Education level, % | 0.002 | |||
Illiteracy | 829 (36.7) | 783 (37.0) | 46 (32.6) | |
Primary school | 869 (38.5) | 826 (39.1) | 43 (30.5) | |
Secondary school and above | 558 (24.7) | 506 (23.9) | 52 (36.9) | |
Ethnicities, % | 0.031 | |||
Han | 1003 (44.5) | 941 (44.5) | 62 (44.0) | |
Qiang | 642 (28.5) | 611 (28.9) | 31 (22.0) | |
Tibetan | 459 (20.3) | 417 (19.7) | 42 (29.8) | |
Yi | 121 (5.4) | 117 (5.5) | 4 (2.8) | |
others | 31 (1.4) | 29 (1.4) | 2 (1.4) | |
Marital status, % | 0.58 | |||
Married | 1801 (79.8) | 1691 (80.0) | 110 (78.0) | |
single | 455 (20.2) | 424 (20.0) | 31 (22.0) | |
History of smoking, % | 422 (18.8) | 385 (18.3) | 37 (26.2) | 0.02 |
History of alcohol, % | 606 (27.0) | 568 (27.0) | 38 (27.0) | 1.00 |
Number of chronic diseases, % | 0.83 | |||
0 | 1236 (54.8) | 1157 (54.7) | 79 (56.0) | |
1 | 576 (25.5) | 543 (25.7) | 33 (23.4) | |
≥ 2 | 444 (19.7) | 415 (19.6) | 29 (20.6) | |
Nutritional status, % | < 0.001 | |||
Well nourished | 1754 (78.1) | 1639 (77.9) | 115 (81.6) | |
Risk of malnutrition | 491 (21.9) | 465 (22.1) | 26 (18.4) | |
Physical activity, % | 0.03 | |||
Low | 749 (33.3) | 690 (32.7) | 59 (41.8) | |
Moderate | 750 (33.3) | 697 (33.1) | 53 (37.6) | |
High | 750 (33.3) | 721 (34.2) | 29 (20.6) | |
Sleep duration, % | < 0.001 | |||
< 6 h | 268 (11.9) | 262 (12.4) | 6 (4.3) | |
6-7 h | 254 (11.3) | 236 (11.2) | 18 (12.8) | |
7-8 h | 491 (21.8) | 464 (21.9) | 27 (19.1) | |
8-9 h | 713 (31.6) | 677 (32.0) | 36 (25.5) | |
≥ 9 h | 530 (23.5) | 476 (22.5) | 54 (38.3) |