Table 3. Cut points and Prevalence Estimates for Clinical Muscle Weakness by Race/Sex in the Health and Retirement Study (HRS).
HRS total sample (N =7,688) | ||||||||
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Classification | White males (n=2,799) | Black males (n=383) | White women (n=3,829) | Black women (n=675) | ||||
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Cut point (kg) | N (%) | Cut point (kg) | N (%) | Cut point (kg) | N (%) | Cut point (kg) | N (%) | |
Weak | <35 | 1,111 (37) | <40 | 223 (57) | <22 | 1,794 (48) | <31 | 557 (88) |
c | ≥35 | 1,639 (63) | ≥40 | 145 (43) | ≥22 | 1,885 (52) | ≥31 | 78 (12) |