Table 2.
Prevalence of Sarcopenia in NHANES 1999–2004 by FNIH Definition
| Overall | Non-Hispanic Whites | Non-Hispanic Blacks |
Hispanics | Other | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Definition | ALM/BMI | ALM | ALM/BMI | ALM | ALM/BMI | ALM | ALM/BMI | ALM | ALM/BMI | ALM |
| Males | ||||||||||
| Age ≥60 | 719 (27.8) | 459 (16.0)† | 404 (27.1) | 258 (14.9) † | 35 (10.0) | 31 (8.5) * | 258 (49.3) | 147 (27.6) * | 22 (44.8) | 23 (38.3) |
| 60–69 years | 239 (20.9) | 98 (8.9) † | 98 (19.8) | 40 (8.2)* | 9 (4.3) | 7 (2.9) | 122 (43.5) | 43 (16.4) * | 10 (43.0) | 8 (24.1) |
| 70–79 years | 282 (32.4) | 186 (19.1) † | 152 (31.2) | 89 (16.5) † | 19 (18.1) | 19 (16.7) | 103(54.8) | 68 (34.6) | 8 (46.2) | 10 (57.9) † |
| ≥80 years | 198 (41.9) | 175 (32.9) † | 154 (42.0) | 129 (31.9) † | 7 (19.1) | 5 (15.6) * | 33 (62.6) | 36(58.5) * | 4 (51.9) | 5 (62.0) * |
| Females | ||||||||||
| Age ≥60 | 577 (19.3) | 1,028 (40.5) † | 281 (19.0) | 627 (41.9) † | 21 (5.9) | 51 (13.1) * | 263 (37.4) | 315 (51.2) * | 12 (19.6) | 35 (54.6) * |
| 60–69 years | 227 (14.1) | 343 (30.0) † | 66 (13.4) | 153 (30.9) * | 8 (3.5) | 16 (6.6) | 150 (32.9) | 159 (41.0) * | 3 (10.7) | 15 (47.3) |
| 70–79 years | 183 (21.6) | 309 (42.6) † | 88 (20.7) | 183 (43.2) * | 9(8.5) | 16 (14.0) | 82 (48.4) | 97 (58.0) | 4 (23.7) | 13 (59.9) * |
| ≥80 years | 167 (27.2) | 376 (61.1) † | 127 (28.0) | 291 (62.3) † | 4 (8.6) | 19 (32.6) | 31 (30.5) | 59 (73.4) | 5 (54.0) | 7 (75.1) |
Abbreviations: BMI – body mass index; FNIH – Foundation for the National Institutes of Health Values represented are counts (weighted prevalences).
Appendicular Lean Muscle (ALM) cutoffs are: men <19.75kg; females <15.02kg
ALM/BMI cutoffs are <0.789 in men and <0.512 in females
All Hispanics include Mexican Americans
†
p-value <0.01,
*
p-value<0.05; representing the difference between ALM/BMI and ALM prevalence rates within each category using a chi-square/Fisher exact test. All other values are considered non-significant (p>0.05)