Table 4.

Prevalence rates of sarcopenic obesity^* according to age, sex, and regions in Korean elderly population

^*Sarcopenia in Koreans is defined as appendicular skeletal muscle mass divided by body weight (%) more than 2 SD below sex-specific young normal mean. Obesity in Koreans is defined as waist circumference greater than the Korean abdominal obesity criteria (waist circumference ≥ 90 cm in men and ≥ 85 cm in women) from the Fourth Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Definition of sarcopenic obesity combines those of sarcopenia and obesity; ^†Values are presented as prevalence rate (95% confidential interval) in same age-groups after adjusting weight; ^‡Values are presented as prevalence rate (95% confidential interval) in same living regions after adjusting weight.