Table 1.
Cut points for diagnosis of sarcopenia according to different consensus.
| EWGSOP2[4] | AWGS 2019[6] | FNIH 2014[5] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Women | Men | Women | Men | Women | ||
| Strength | Grip (kgf) | <27 | <16 | <28 | <18 | <26 | <16 |
| Sit-to-stand | >15 s / 5 executions | ≥12s / 5 executions | |||||
| Quantity | ASM (Kg) | <20 | <15 | ||||
| ALM (Kg) | <19.75 | <15.02 | |||||
| ASM/height2† (Kg/m2) | <7.0 | <5.5 | <7.0 | <5.4 | |||
| ALMBMI | <0.789 | <0.512 | |||||
| ASM‡ (Kg/m2) | <7.0 | <5.7 | |||||
| Execution | Gait speed (m/s) | ≤0.8 | <1.0 | ||||
| SPPB (points) | ≤ 8 | ≤ 9 | |||||
| TUG (s) | ≥ 20 | ||||||
| 400 m | Not complete or takes ≥6 min to complete | ||||||
†through DXA, ‡ through bioelectrical impedance EWGSOP2: European Working Group in Older People updated in 2019; AWGS2019: Asian Working Group for Sarcopenia 2019 consensus; FNIH 2014: Foundation for the National Institutes of Health published 2014; ALM: appendicular lean mass; ASM: appendicular skeletal muscle mass; DXA: dual-energy X-ray absorciometry; BMI: body mass index; SPPB: Short Physical Performance Battery; TUG: time up and go.