Table 3.
Patient characteristics, body composition and mitochondrial enzyme activity.
| Normal N=15 |
Sarcopenia N=9 |
|
|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | 77.7±1.2 | 79.3±1.7 |
| Males (%) | 4 (26.7) | 4 (44.4) |
| Weight (kg) | 71.1±2.9 | 62.2±4.7* |
| Lean body mass (kg) | 42.4±2.4 | 40.0±2.8 |
| % Fat mass | 36.4 ± 2.8 | 31.2 ± 3.0 |
| ASM index | 6.7 ± 0.24 | 5.9 ± 0.32* |
| Activity Score | 251.0 ± 79.0 | 280.0 ± 167.0 |
| Complex I activity (mU activity/mg protein) | 4.6 ± 0.7 | 5.5 ± 0.9 |
| Complex IV activity(mU activity/mg protein) | 1.0 ± 0.1 | 1.4 ± 0.3* |
Normal= Normal lean subjects, Sarcopenia= Participants with sarcopenia, ASM index = appendicular skeletal muscle mass index/height2 (ASM/m2).
*
P<0.05