Table 4 Diagnostic test evaluation of sarcopenia screening tools

Calf circumference

(M < 34 cm; F < 33 cm)

59.0^a,b

(47.3, 70.0)

92.4^a,b,c

(88.4, 95.4)

70.8

(58.2, 81.4)

87.9

(83.3, 91.6)

7.79

(4.87, 12.47)

0.44

(0.34, 0.58)

84.5

(80.1, 88.2)

0.892^{1,2,3,4,5,6,7}

(0.857, 0.927)

Neck circumference

(M < 38 cm; F < 32.8 cm)

33.3^c,d,e

(23.1, 44.9)

94.8^d,e,f

(91.3, 97.2)

66.7

(51.9, 78.7)

82.1

(79.6, 84.3)

6.44

(3.48, 11.91)

0.70

(0.60, 0.82)

80.2

(75.5, 84.4)

0.785^1,8,9,10,11

(0.728, 0.841)

SARC-F (≥ 4)

25.6^a,f,g,h

(16.4, 36.8)

86.1 ^h,i,j

(81.1, 90.1)

36.4

(26.0, 48.2)

78.8

(76.4, 81.1)

1.84

(1.13, 2.99)

0.86

(0.75, 0.99)

71.7

(66.5, 76.5)

0.602^2,8,12,13,14

(0.529, 0.674)

SARC-CalF (≥ 11)

48.7^i,j,k

(37.2, 60.3)

93.2 ^k,l,m

(89.4, 96.0)

69.1

(57.3, 78.9)

85.4

(82.5, 87.9)

7.19

(4.31, 12.0)

0.55

(0.44, 0.68)

82.7

(78.1, 86.6)

0.789^3,12,15,16

(0.727, 0.852)

SARCF + EBM (≥ 12)

35.9 ^l,m,n

(25.3, 47.6)

87.7^n,q,o

(82.9, 91.5)

47.5

(36.7, 58.5)

81.5

(78.7, 83.9)

2.91

(1.87, 4.53)

0.73

(0.62, 0.87)

75.4

(70.4, 79.9)

0.774^4,13,17,18

(0.715, 0.834)

Hand grip strength

(M < 28 kg; F < 18 kg)

80.8^c,f,I,l

(70.3, 88.8)

55.8^{a,d,h,k,n,p,r}

(49.4, 62.0)

36.2

(32.2, 40.4)

90.3

(85.4, 93.7)

1.83

(1.53, 2.18)

0.34

(0.22, 0.55)

61.7

(56.2, 66.9)

0.716^5,9,14,19

(0.652, 0.781)

5-times chair stand

(≥ 12 s)

90.5^b,d,g,j,m

(81.5, 96.1)

28.3^b,e,i,l,q,p

(22.7, 34.4)

27.7

(25.6, 29.9)

90.8

(82.6, 95.4)

1.26

(1.13, 1.41)

0.33

(0.16, 0.70)

42.8

(37.3, 48.4)

0.657^6,10,15,17

(0.588, 0.725)

Gait speed (< 1 m/s)

84.2^e,h,k,n

(74.0, 91.6)

27.6^c,f,j,m,o,r

(22.2, 33.6)

26.1

(23.8, 28.6)

85.2

(76.7, 90.9)

1.16

(1.03, 1.32)

0.57

(0.33, 1.00)

40.8

(35.4, 46.4)

0.623^{7,11,16,18,19}

(0.548, 0.697)