Table 1 Characteristics of the participants at baseline
From: The association between sarcopenia and incident of depressive symptoms: a prospective cohort study
Overall (n = 2612) | Non-sarcopenia (n = 2119) | Sarcopenia (n = 493) | P | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age, years | 62.14 ± 8.08 | 60.68 ± 7.55 | 67.63 ± 8.00 | < 0.001 | |
Male, n (%) | 1020 (39.05) | 786 (37.09) | 234 (47.46) | < 0.001 | |
BMI, kg/m2 | 25.76 ± 4.11 | 26.56 ± 3.95 | 22.26 ± 2.84 | < 0.001 | |
SMMI, kg/m2 | 6.73 ± 0.86 | 6.91 ± 0.79 | 5.92 ± 0.65 | < 0.001 | |
Grip strength, kg | 23.54 ± 8.77 | 24.29 ± 8.84 | 20.55 ± 7.77 | 0.026 | |
4-m walking speed, m/s | 0.89 ± 0.26 | 0.91 ± 0.27 | 0.78 ± 0.20 | < 0.001 | |
Divorced, n (%) | 44 (1.68) | 42 (1.98) | 2(0.41) | 0.014 | |
Widowed, n (%) | 346 (13.25) | 258 (12.18) | 88 (17.85) | < 0.001 | |
Living alone, n (%) | 109 (4.17) | 87 (4.11) | 22 (4.46) | 0.72 | |
Illiteracy, n (%) | 623 (23.85) | 487 (22.99) | 136 (27.59) | 0.031 | |
Farming, n (%) | 1598 (61.18) | 1270 (59.96) | 328(66.53) | 0.007 | |
Drinking, n (%) | 540 (20.67) | 427 (20.64) | 113 (22.92) | 0.2639 | |
Smoking, n (%) | 519 (19.87) | 378 (17.85) | 141 (28.66) | < 0.001 | |
Chronic diseases, n (%) | 1216 (46.55) | 985(46.51) | 231(46.86) | 0.8885 | |
Poor sleep quality, n (%) | 758 (29.02) | 577(27.24) | 181(36.71) | 0.0589 | |
Cognitive Impairment, n (%) | 255 (9.76) | 188 (8.87) | 67 (13.59) | 0.0015 | |
ADL disability n (%) | 206 (7.89) | 155 (7.31) | 51 (10.34) | 0.0246 | |
Social support status | 43.00 ± 7.07 | 43.32 ± 6.92 | 41.59 ± 7.50 | < 0.0001 | |