Table 2.
Distributions of sarcopenia and its components of study participants by subjective memory complaints
| Overall (N = 2163) | SMCs | P-valuea | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No (N = 1496) | Yes (N = 667) | |||
| N (%) | ||||
| Sarcopenia (SARC-F score ≥ 4) | 152 (7.0) | 72 (4.8) | 80 (12.0) | <0.0001 |
| Strength | <0.0001 | |||
| No difficulty | 1714 (79.2) | 1277 (85.4) | 437 (65.5) | |
| Some difficulty | 249 (11.5) | 129 (8.6) | 120 (18.0) | |
| Much difficulty or unable to carry out | 200 (9.3) | 90 (6.0) | 110 (16.5) | |
| Assistance walking | <0.0001 | |||
| No difficulty | 2018 (93.3) | 1421 (95.0) | 597 (89.5) | |
| Some difficulty | 93 (4.3) | 45 (3.0) | 48 (7.2) | |
| Much difficulty or unable to carry out | 52 (2.4) | 30 (2.0) | 22 (3.3) | |
| Rise from a chair | <0.0001 | |||
| No difficulty | 2099 (97.0) | 1470 (98.3) | 629 (94.3) | |
| Some difficulty | 46 (2.1) | 16 (1.1) | 30 (4.5) | |
| Much difficulty or unable to carry out | 18 (0.8) | 10 (0.7) | 8 (1.2) | |
| Climb stairs | <0.0001 | |||
| No difficulty | 1730 (80.0) | 1293 (86.4) | 437 (65.5) | |
| Some difficulty | 270 (12.5) | 125 (8.4) | 145 (21.7) | |
| Much difficulty or unable to carry out | 163 (7.5) | 78 (5.2) | 85 (12.7) | |
| Falls | 0.0078 | |||
| No falls | 2022 (93.5) | 1415 (94.6) | 607 (91.0) | |
| 1-3 times | 134 (6.2) | 77 (5.2) | 57 (8.6) | |
| 4 or more times | 7 (0.3) | 4 (0.3) | 3 (0.5) | |
a. Categorical variables were compared using Pearson's chi-square test. SMCs: Subjective memory complaints.