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. 2023 Jul 10;78(12):2415–2425. doi: 10.1093/gerona/glad165

Table 2.

Cohort 1 (Performance and Strength Cohort) Area Under the Receiver Operating Characteristic Curve and the Youden Index for Walking Speed <0.8 m/s by Age, Body Anthropometry, Body Composition Measures, and Grip Strength in Men and Women

Variable Women Men
Area Under the Curve
(95% CI),
p Value
Youden Index Optimal Cut Point SDOC Cut Point Area Under the Curve
(95% CI),
p Value
Youden Index Optimal Cut Point SDOC Cut Point
Age, y 0.67
(0.62, 0.72), <.001
0.28 76.50 0.60
(0.54, 0.66), .001
0.22 70.95
Weight, kg 0.55
(0.49, 0.61), .139
0.11 72.7 0.58
(0.52, 0.64), .009
0.17 68.05
Height, m 0.63
(0.57, 0.69), <.001
0.22 1.56 0.64
(0.57, 0.70),
<.001
0.27 1.68
BMI, kg/m2 0.52
(0.46, 0.58), .552
0.11 24.08 0.52
(0.46, 0.59), 0.464
0.12 24.35
ALM
 ALM, kg 0.57
(0.50, 0.63), .038
0.12 15.83 0.58
(0.51, 0.65), .009
0.20 22.62
 ALM/weight, kg/kg 0.51
(0.45, 0.58), .663
0.11 0.22 0.52
(0.46, 0.59), 0.422
0.10 0.28
 ALM/height, kg/m 0.54
(0.48, 0.60), .232
0.09 10.22 0.55
(0.49, 0.62), .073
0.16 12.29
 ALM/BMI kg/kg/m2 0.59
(0.53, 0.65), .004
0.21 0.56 0.59
(0.52, 0.65), .005
0.23 0.80
 ALM/height2 kg/m2 0.51
(0.45, 0.57), .841
0.08 7.24 0.51
(0.45, 0.58), 0.647
0.13 6.67
Grip strength (GR)
 GR, kg 0.68
(0.63, 0.74),<.001
0.28 20.50 <20.00* 0.64
(0.58, 0.70), <.001
0.27 31.05 <35.50 kg*
 GR/weight, kg/kg 0.64
(0.58, 0.69), <.001
0.25 0.30 <0.34* 0.58
(0.51, 0.64), .01
0.19 0.38 <0.45*
 GR/height, kg/m 0.67
(0.61, 0.73), <.001
0.29 13.59 13.13 0.63
(0.57, 0.70), <.001
0.25 18.41 <22.00
 GR/height2 kg/kg/m2 0.65
(0.59, 0.71), <.001
0.27 8.40 <8.25 0.62
(0.56, 0.68), <.001
0.19 9.67 <12.13
 GR/BMI, kg/kg/m2 0.67
(0.61, 0.72), <.001
0.30 0.71 <0.79* 0.61
(0.54, 0.67), <.001
0.28 1.09 <1.05*
 GR/ALM, kg/kg 0.64
(0.58, 0.70), <.001
0.25 1.15 1.36 0.59
(0.53, 0.66), .002
0.26 1.48 1.60

Notes: ALM = appendicular lean mass; BMI = body mass index; CI = confidence interval; GR = grip strength; SDOC = Sarcopenia Definitions and Outcomes Consortium.

*Denotes putative sarcopenia variables identified in the SDOC primary analysis.