Table 1 Baseline characteristics of survivor and non-survivor with sarcopenia

Age (years) ^a

85.9 ± 5.5

87.4 ± 5.2

0.001

Sex (male%)^b

68.2

85.2

0.003

Smoking (%)^b

18.4

27.6

0.109

Drinking (%)^b

2.8

3.4

0.800

CI (%)^b

40.8

54.5

0.037

COPD (%)^b

25.3

40.9

0.011

CHD (%)^b

64.4

69.3

0.490

Diabetes (%)^b

32.8

33.0

0.989

Hypertension (%)^b

85.6

86.4

0.872

Dyslipidemia (%)^b

24.7

21.6

0.646

Neoplasms (%)^b

17.2

26.4

0.102

BMI (kg/m²) ^a

24.7 ± 4.7

21.8 ± 3.3

0.435

CC (cm) ^a

29.8 ± 2.4

27.9 ± 3.4

< 0.001

HGS (kg) ^a

16.2 ± 6.4

15.0 ± 6.03

0.149

FT3(pmol/L) ^a

3.9 ± 0.7

3.7 ± 0.5

0.001

FT4(pmol/L) ^a

16.2 ± 2.9

15.7 ± 3.0

0.263

TSH (mIU/L) ^c

2.1(1.4–3.9)

2.2(1.5–3.7)

0.590