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. 2024 Mar 5;12(5):591. doi: 10.3390/healthcare12050591

Table 5.

Associations between age, gender, and BMI with sarcopenic obesity, sarcopenia, and visceral fat obesity in the case group.

Cases
Sarcopenic Obesity Sarcopenia Visceral Fat Obesity
No Yes p-Value No Yes p-Value No Yes p-Value
N (%) N (%) N (%) N (%) N (%) N (%)
Age category Young adults 1 (14.3) 5 (9.4) 0.90 1 (16.7) 5 (9.3) 0.80 1 (33.3) 5 (8.8) 0.57
Early middle-aged adults 3 (42.9) 21 (39.6) 3 (50.0) 21 (38.9) 1 (33.3) 23 (40.4)
Late middle aged 3 (42.9) 24 (45.3) 2 (33.3) 25 (46.3) 1 (33.3) 26 (45.6)
Elderly 0 (0.0) 3 (5.7) 0 (0.0) 3 (5.6) 0 (0.0) 3 (5.3)
Gender Female 4 (57.1) 39 (73.6) 0.36 4 (66.7) 39 (72.2) 0.77 0 (0.0) 43 (75.4) 0.055
Male 3 (42.9) 14 (26.4) 2 (33.3) 15 (27.8) 3 (100.0) 14 (24.6)
BMI category Normal body weight 2 (28.6) 2 (3.8) 0.027 2 (33.3) 2 (3.7) 0.010 2 (66.7) 2 (3.5) 0.000
Overweight 1 (14.3) 3 (5.7) 1 (16.7) 3 (5.6) 0 (0.0) 4 (7.0)
Obesity 4 (57.1) 48 (90.6) 3 (50.0) 49 (90.7) 1 (33.3) 51 (89.5)