Sarcopenia is associated with non-motor symptoms in Han Chinese patients with Parkinson's Disease: a cross-sectional study

Table 1 Demographic characteristics and sarcopenia parameters of patients with PD and HC group

Variable	HC(n = 38)	PD(n = 123)	t/x²/z	P-Value
Age, y	67.03 ± 10.89	65.73 ± 9.36	0.716	0.475
Sarcopenia, n(%)	4(10.5)	33(26.8)		0.046
Low muscle mass, n(%)	4(10.5)	33(26.8)		0.046
Low muscle strength, n(%)	14(36.8)	48(39.0)	0.058	0.809
6 m GS ≥ 6 s, n(%)	22(57.9)	101(82.1)	9.444	0.002
Education,y	6.5(5,9)	7(4,9)	-0.292	0.770
Male, n(%)	23(60.5)	56(45.5)	2.613	0.106
Hypertension, n(%)	9(23.7)	34(27.7)	0.232	0.630
Type 2 diabetes, n(%)	5(13.2)	13(10.6)	0.196	0.658
Smoker, n(%)	6(15.8)	24(19.5)	0.265	0.606
Alcohol user, n(%)	7(18.4)	21(17.1)	0.037	0.848
Tea or coffee user, n(%)	10(26.3)	33(26.8)	0.004	0.950
state of nutrition			2.076	0.150
No risk of malnutrition, n(%)	23(60.5)	58(47.2)
Risk of malnutrition, n(%)	15(39.5)	65(52.8)
BMI (kg/m²)	25.19 ± 2.58	23.64 ± 3.32	2.638	0.009
ASM (kg/m²)	7.24(6.57,7.86)	6.83(5.91,7.70)	-1.178	0.075
Grip strength (kg)	25.35(20.65,33.6)	22.60(18.05,30.55)	-2.307	0.021
6 m GS (s)	6.02(5.36,6.83)	7.26(6.41,8.48)	-4.459	< 0.001

Values in bold are significant at P < 0.05
Data were expressed as n (%), mean ± SD, median (interquartile range). P values are from Student’s t-test or the Mann–Whitney U-test or Chi-square tests or Fisher’s exact test
Abbreviations: PD Parkinson's disease, HC healthy controls, BMI body mass index, ASM appendicular skeletal mass, 6 m GS 6-m gait speed

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