Table 1 Clinical characteristics between non-sarcopenia and Sarcopenia in older adults
|  | Total population (N = 653) | Subpopulation (N = 109) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Characteristics | Non-sarcopenia N = 373 | Sarcopenia N = 280 | p value | Non-sarcopenia N = 51 | Sarcopenia N = 58 | p value |
Age, years | 65.0 (8.0) | 68.5 (9.0) | < 0.001 | 64.3 ± 5.5 | 69.8 ± 7.2 | < 0.001 |
Female (n, %) | 272, 72.9 | 202, 72.1 | 0.825 | 46, 90.2 | 51, 87.9 | 0.706 |
BMI, kg/m2 | 23.8 (4.8) | 23.0 (4.4) | 0.016 | 24.7 ± 3.8 | 23.3 ± 2.8 | 0.024 |
Diabetes (n, %) | 214, 57.4 | 171, 61.1 | 0.342 | 18, 35.3 | 28, 48.3 | 0.171 |
Osteoporosis (n, %) | 193, 51.7 | 157, 56.1 | 0.272 | 40, 78.4 | 47, 81.0 | 0.735 |
ASMI, kg/m2 | 5.27 (1.18) | 4.80 (0.90) | < 0.001 | 5.13 ± 0.79 | 4.60 ± 0.51 | < 0.001 |
HGS, kg | 25.4 (10.2) | 21.0 (8.1) | < 0.001 | 23.0 (6.4) | 21.0 (8.4) | 0.001 |
Gait Speed, m/s | 1.20 (0.23) | 0.93 (0.29) | < 0.001 | 1.17 (0.18) | 0.89 (0.24) | < 0.001 |
FTSST, s | 9.53 (2.37) | 13.31 (7.14) | < 0.001 | 9.84 (2.03) | 14.26 (15.91) | < 0.001 |
ALT, U/L | 17.9 (11.6) | 14.6 (8.3) | < 0.001 | 17.9 (7.5) | 14.5 (9.2) | 0.003 |
ALT1, ng/ml | / | / | / | 20.4 (19.3) | 24.5 (28.2) | 0.229 |
ALT2, ng/ml | / | / | / | 21.8 (23.0) | 19.1 (26.0) | 0.969 |
ALT1/ALT2 | / | / | / | 1.05 (0.37) | 1.21 (0.32) | 0.001 |
AST, U/L | 17.9 (7.2) | 17.4 (5.8) | 0.014 | 18.4 (6.2) | 17.3 (5.9) | 0.153 |
Creatinine, umol/L | 64.0 (15.0) | 64.0 (19.8) | 0.428 | 61.0 (13.0) | 62.0 (17.3) | 0.590 |
Uric Acid, umol/L | 305 (101) | 308 (124) | 0.301 | 307 (51) | 300 (128) | 0.855 |