Table 2.

Sarcopenia parameters of participants from rural and urban areas

	TOTAL (n = 291) Mean ± SD	RURAL (n = 190) Mean ± SD	URBAN (n = 102) Mean ± SD	p-value1
Muscle mass (kg)
Male	56.16 ± 7.15	57.59 ± 7.01	53.48 ± 6.82	0.047
Female	40.75 ± 4.64	40.97 ± 4.21	40.35 ± 5.33	0.336
Total	43.54 ± 7.88	44.02 ± 8.06	42.67 ± 7.51	0.166
Muscle strength (kg)
Male	36.19 ± 7.82	36.09 ± 7.18	36.37 ± 9.14	0.906
Female	21.28 ± 4.81	21.30 ± 5.45	21.25 ± 3.37	0.931
Total	23.94 ± 7.91	23.96 ± 8.11	23.92 ± 7.55	0.965
Physical performance (m/s)
Male	1.17 ± 0.23	1.20 ± 0.22	1.11 ± 0.24	0.176
Female	1.08 ± 0.23	1.09 ± 0.24	1.06 ± 0.22	0.442
Total	1.09 ± 0.23	1.11 ± 0.24	1.07 ± 0.22	0.211

SD, Standrad desviation

¹T-student

Significant p-value (p ≤ 0.05) in bold