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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Feb 3.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Geriatr Soc. 2015 Oct 27;63(11):2247–2259. doi: 10.1111/jgs.13788

Table 3.

Reclassification of MrOS Participants After Addition of Baumgartner, Newman, IWG, EWGSOP or FNIH Definitions of Sarcopenia to a Simple Model with Age (for Recurrent falls, Functional limitations, and Mortality) or Age and Bone Mineral Density (for Hip Fractures)

Baumgartner Newman IWG EWG FNIH Definition #1 FNIH Definition #2
Recurrent falls over 1 year

N=694 with eventb Appropriately reclassified 143 (21%) 117 (17%) 70 (10%) 68 (10%) 22 (3%) 5 (1%)
Inappropriately reclassified 61 (9%) 66 (10%) 298 (43%) 298 (43%) 101(15%) 37 (5%)
No change 490 (71%) 511 (74%) 326 (47%) 328 (47%) 571(82%) 652 (94%)
NRI (95%CI), events 0.12 (0.08, 0.16) 0.07 (0.04, 0.11) −0.33 (−0.38, −0.28) −0.33 (−0.38, −0.28) −0.11 (−0.14, −0.08) −0.05 (−0.06, −0.03)

N=5134 without eventc Appropriately reclassified 285 (6%) 284 (6%) 1934 (38%) 1947(38%) 416 (8%) 154 (3%)
Inappropriately reclassified 916 (18%) 675 (13%) 195 (4%) 176(3%) 61 (1%) 12 (0%)
No change 3933 (77%) 4175 (81%) 3005 (59%) 3011(59%) 4657 (91%) 4968 (97%)
NRI (95%CI), non-events −0.12 (−0.14, −0.11) −0.08 (−0.09, −0.06) 0.34 (0.32, 0.35) 0.35 (0.33, 0.36) 0.07 (0.06, 0.08) 0.03 (0.02, 0.03)

Overall NRI (95% CI) 0% (5%, 4%) 0% (4%, 4%) 0.01 (0.04, 0.06) 0.01 (0.04, 0.06) 0.05 (0.08, 0.01) 0.02 (0.04, 0.00)

Hip fractures over 9.8 years

N=207 with event Appropriately reclassified 4 (2%) 12 (6%) 20 (10%) 12 (6%) 3 (1%) 3 (1%)
Inappropriately reclassified 3 (1%) 5 (2%) 41 (20%) 11 (5%) 2 (1%) 12 (6%)
No change 200 (97%) 190 (92%) 146 (71%) 184 (89%) 202 (98%) 192 (93%)
NRI (95%CI), events 0.00 (0.02, 0.03) 0.03 (0.0, 0.07) −0.10 (−0.17, −0.03) 0.00 (0.04, 0.05) 0.00 (0.02, 0.03) −0.04 (−0.08, −0.01)

N=5727 without event Appropriately reclassified 39 (1%) 159 (3%) 497 (9%) 175 (3%) 39 (1%) 197 (3%)
Inappropriately reclassified 41 (1%) 180 (3%) 231 (4%) 132 (2%) 38 (1%) 47 (1%)
No change 5647 (99%) 5388 (94%) 4999 (87%) 5420 (95%) 5650 (99%) 5483 (96%)
NRI (95%CI), non-events 0.00 (0.00, 0.00) 0.00 (0.01, 0.00) 0.05 (0.04, 0.06) 0.01 (0.00, 0.01) 0.00 (0.00, 0.00) 0.03 (0.02, 0.03)

Overall NRI (95% CI) 0.00 (0.02, 0.03) 0.03 (−0.01, 0.07) −0.06 (−0.13, 0.02) 0.01 (−0.03, 0.06) 0.01 (−0.02, 0.03) −0.02 (−0.05, 0.02)

Functional limitations over 4.6 years

N=590 with event Appropriately reclassified 38 (6%) 133 (23%) 28 (5%) 31 (5%) 6 (1%) N/Aa
Inappropriately reclassified 0 (0%) 236 (40%) 181 (31%) 242 (41%) 0 (0%)
No change 552 (94%) 221 (37%) 381 (65%) 317 (54%) 584 (99%)
NRI (95%CI), events 0.06 (0.04, 0.08) 0.17 (0.24, −0.11) 0.26 (0.30, −0.22) 0.36 (0.40, −0.31) 0.01 (0.00, 0.02)

N=3136 without event Appropriately reclassified 1 (0%) 982 (31%) 581 (19%) 807 (26%) 0 (0%)
Inappropriately reclassified 147 (5%) 495 (16%) 51 (2%) 46 (1%) 20 (1%)
No change 2988 (95%) 1659 (53%) 2504 (80%) 2283 (73%) 3116 (99%)
NRI (95%CI), non-events 0.05 (0.05, −0.04) 0.16 (0.13, 0.18) 0.17 (0.15, 0.18) 0.24 (0.23, 0.26) −0.01 (−0.01, 0.00)

Overall NRI (95% CI) 0.02 (0.00, 0.04) −0.02 (−0.09, 0.05) −0.09 (0.14, −0.04) −0.11 (−0.16, −0.07) 0.00 (0.00, 0.01)

Deaths over 9.8 years

N=2003 with event Appropriately reclassified 543 (27%) 474 (24%) 193 (10%) 192 (10%) 58 (3%) 22 (1%)
Inappropriately reclassified 938 (47%) 930 (46%) 1001 (50%) 1009 (50%) 602 (30%) 377 (19%)
No change 522 (26%) 599 (30%) 809 (40%) 802 (40%) 1343 (67%) 1604 (80%)
NRI (95%CI), events 0.20 (0.23, −0.16) 0.23 (0.26, −0.19) 0.40 (0.43, −0.38) 0.41 (0.440.38) 0.27 (0.29, −0.25) 0.18 (0.20, −0.16)

N=3866 without event Appropriately reclassified 2220 (57%) 2109 (55%) 1392 (36%) 1382 (36%) 811(21%) 306 (8%)
Inappropriately reclassified 687 (18%) 646 (17%) 393 (10%) 420 (11%) 45 (1%) 103 (3%)
No change 959 (25%) 1111 (29%) 2081 (54%) 2064 (53%) 3010 (78%) 3457 (89%)
NRI (95%CI), non-events 0.40 (0.37, 0.42) 0.38 (0.35, 0.40) 0.26 (0.24, 0.28) 0.25 (0.23, 0.27) 0.20 (0.19, 0.21) 0.05 (0.04, 0.06)

Overall NRI (95% CI) 0.20 (0.16, 0.24) 0.15 (0.11, 0.19) 0.15 (0.18, −0.11) 0.16 (0.19, −0.12) 0.07 (0.10, −0.05) 0.13 (0.15, −0.10)
a

There were no incident functional limitations in men who met the FNIH definition #2, so these models could not be run.

Bold text indicates p<0.05.

b

For events, appropriate reclassification occurs when estimated risk increases when the additional factor is added to the model; inappropriate reclassification occurs when estimated risk decreases when the additional factor is added to the model.

c

For non-events, appropriate reclassification occurs when estimated risk decreases when the additional factor is added to the model; inappropriate reclassification occurs when estimated risk increases when the additional factor is added to the model.

IWG: presence of slowness (gait<1.0 m/s) and low lean mass (ALM/ht2≤7.23 kg/m2)

EWGSOP: presence of slowness (gait ≤0.8 m/s) plus low lean mass (ALM/ht2≤7.23 kg/m2) or weakness (grip<30 kg)

FNIH definition #1: Presence of both weakness (grip<26 kg) and low lean mass (ALM/BMI<0.789)

FNIH definition #2: Presence of slowness (gait≤0.8 m/s), weakness (grip<26 kg) and low lean mass (ALM/BMI<0.789)

IWG = International Working Group; EWGSOP = European Working Group for Sarcopenia in Older Persons, FNIH = Foundation for NIH Sarcopenia Project, ALM=appendicular lean mass, BMI = body mass index, NRI = net reclassification improvement.