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. 2017 Aug 7;12:2355–2362. doi: 10.2147/COPD.S138497

Table 1.

Characteristics of nonsarcopenia group vs sarcopenia group in each OAD phenotypes

Characteristics Asthma
COPD
ACOS
Nonsarcopenia
(n=76)
Sarcopenia
(n=13)
P-value Nonsarcopenia
(n=497)
Sarcopenia
(n=251)
P-value Nonsarcopenia
(n=75)
Sarcopenia
(n=35)
P-value
Age (years) 61.28±7.39 62.23±9.07 0.678 65.05±7.64 67.41±8.32 <0.001 66±7.6 67.06±6.73 0.483
Female (%) 81.6% 69.2% 0.289 25.2% 19.1% 0.065 42.7% 34.3% 0.403
Height (m) 1.56±0.08 1.56±0.07 0.596 1.64±0.09 1.63±0.08 0.295 1.60±9.23 1.60±7.65 0.948
Weight (kg) 61.94±8.53 53.88±8.76 0.002 65.74±9.73 56.87±8.18 <0.001 63.67±9.73 55.65±8.23 <0.001
BMI (kg/m2) 25.33±2.3 21.65±2.22 <0.001 24.48±2.51 21.37±2.26 <0.001 24.78±2.57 21.64±2.37 <0.001
SMI (kg/m2) 16.1±1.91 14.1±1.76 0.001 17.21±1.7 15.02±1.35 <0.001 16.84±1.79 14.73±1.54 <0.001
ASMI (kg/m2) 6.6±1.08 5.42±0.7 <0.001 7.32±0.91 6.21±0.71 <0.001 7.08±1 5.99±0.8 <0.001
FMI (kg/m2) 8.20±1.9 6.46±1.62 0.002 6.19±2.11 5.36±1.94 <0.001 6.95±2.68 5.98±2.06 0.062
AFMI (kg/m2) 3.37±0.88 2.62±0.73 0.005 2.38±0.92 2.07±0.85 <0.001 2.74±1.23 2.39±0.95 0.136
Smoking (pack years) 2.62±7.95 3.42±7.05 0.735 21.77±22.56 25.26±24.04 0.051 18.46±21.08 26.29±22.42 0.078
EQ-5D index 0.86±0.171 0.83±0.297 0.584 0.92±0.146 0.9±0.152 0.035 0.85±0.17 0.84±0.18 0.818
EQ-VAS 72.20±17.569 68.86±21.23 0.598 74.52±18.18 75.28±61.31 0.798 66.85±22.87 60.77±17.66 0.167
Physical inactivity n (%) 0.348 0.001 0.036
Yes 22 (28.9%) 2 (15.4%) 87 (17.5%) 69 (27.5%) 24 (32%) 19 (54.3%)
No 54 (71.1%) 11 (84.6%) 409 (82.3%) 181 (82.1%) 51 (68%) 16 (45.7%)
Unknown 0 0 1 (0.2%) 1 (0.4%) 0 0
FEV1 (L) 2.4±0.52 2.48±0.6 0.617 2.35±0.63 2.17±0.62 ,0.001 1.85±0.62 1.56±0.54 0.017
FEV1 (%) 77.97±4.42 76.64±4.73 0.96 80.09±14.31 76.43±16.4 0.002 69.37±17.43 57.79±16.13 0.001
FVC (L) 3.08±0.69 3.24±0.79 0.462 3.65±0.9 3.46±0.84 0.007 3.12±0.91 2.83±0.73 0.101
FVC (%) 94.35±8.78 96.5±9.23 0.419 91.05±14.07 88.9±14.85 0.053 85.1±16.07 77.56±13.97 0.019
FEV1/FVC 0.78±0.04 0.77±0.04 0.325 0.64±0.06 0.62±0.07 <0.001 0.6±0.09 0.55±0.11 0.018
ALP (IU/L) 237.13±69.36 247.15±60.61 0.626 245.56±75.71 255.82±76.69 0.082 240.68±70.72 277.6±85.54 0.019
PTH (pg/mL) 65.11±24.28 62.02±18.94 0.664 66.05±25.48 67.57±29.4 0.463 67.15±23.29 72.5±29.16 0.303
Vitamin D (ng/mL) 18.41±5.81 20.66±6.6 0.211 21.12±7.14 21.29±8.38 0.782 19.68±6.76 20.62±8.08 0.525
Femur T-score −0.25±0.97 −0.51±1.3 0.403 −0.14±0.97 −0.7±0.89 <0.001 −0.43±0.94 −1±0.78 0.001
Femur neck T-score −1.32±1.02 −1.4±1.46 0.866 −0.93±1.04 −1.4±0.99 <0.001 −1.38±1.08 −1.76±0.87 0.071
Lumbar T-score −1.35±1.25 −0.8±1.68 0.168 −0.78±1.38 −1.31±1.36 <0.001 −1.2±1.32 −1.89±1.24 0.011

Note: Data presented as mean ± standard deviation unless stated otherwise.

Abbreviations: OAD, obstructive airway disease; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; ACOS, asthma–COPD overlap syndrome; BMI, body-mass index; SMI, skeletal muscle index; ASMI, appendicular SMI; FMI, fat-mass index; AFMI, appendicular FMI; EQ-5D, EuroQol five-dimensional; EQ-VAS, EuroQol visual analogue scale; FEV1, forced expiratory volume in 1 second; FVC, forced vital capacity; ALP, alkaline phosphatase; PTH, parathyroid hormone.