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. 2017 Sep 3;14(11):1054–1064. doi: 10.7150/ijms.20286

Table 2.

Characteristics of Study Participants According to the Skeletal Muscle Mass

Men (n = 492) Women (n = 595)
Normal SMI
(n =345)
Mild LMM
(n =125)
Severe LMM
(n =22 )
p-value Normal SMI
(n =349)
Mild LMM
(n =174)
Severe LMM
(n =72)
p-value
Age (years) 62.83±8.80 65.15±9.10 67.14±6.39 0.006* 65.23±9.8 64.89±8.73 67.21±8.88 0.192*
BMI (kg/m2) 23.24±2.63 24.85±2.57 26.68±3.24 <.0001* 22.93±2.67 25.37±2.69 27.4±4.12 <.0001*
Current smoker (%) 114 (33.43) 34 (27.64) 5 (23.81) 0.051# 26 (7.54) 2 (1.16) 2 (2.82) 0.136#
Alcohol drinker >3U/d (%) 62(17.97) 15 (12.00) 7(31.82) 0.053# 4 (1.15) 1 (0.57) 1(1.39) 0.779#
Diabetes (%) 43 (12.61) 28 (22.76) 4 (19.05) 0.093# 43 (12.46) 26 (15.12) 14 (19.72) 0.620#
Hypertension (%) 102 (29.91) 63 (51.22) 13 (61.90) <.0001# 128 (37.1) 92 (53.49) 45 (63.38) 0.0004#
Dyslipidaemia (%) 147 (42.61) 73 (58.40) 17 (77.27) 0.0002# 143 (40.97) 81 (46.55) 38 (52.78) 0.134#
History of CVD (%) 28 (8.12) 18 (14.40) 7 (31.82) 0.0008# 20 (5.73) 19 (10.92) 11 (15.28) 0.010#
Metabolic syndrome (%) 93 (26.96) 67 (53.60) 15 (68.18) <.0001# 135 (38.68) 102 (58.62) 48 (66.67) <.0001#
SBP (mmHg) 127.05±18.17 128.23±16.02 136.18±15.92 0.058* 127.49±18.44 130.22±17.02 128.92±17.09 0.252*
DBP (mmHg) 77.9±10.69 77.14±9.92 80.5±10.85 0.374* 75.63±10.46 78.01±9.59 75.1±8.99 0.022*
Estrogen replacement (%) _ _ _ _ 50 (14.49) 18 (10.47) 6 (8.45) 0.528#
Regular exercise (%) 78 (22.61) 33 (26.40) 3 (13.64) 0.383# 63 (18.05) 32 (18.39) 14 (19.44) 0.961#
Calcium intake (mg/day) 580.66±438.88 513.72±347.83 417.86±266.18 0.099* 414.11±303.87 397.94±276.46 382.91±234.42 0.660*
Phosphorus intake (mg/day) 1332.86±560.89 1208.05±568.58 1051.02±404.86 0.018* 929.33±430.46 898.47±352.77 894.16±470.97 0.663*
Total fat mass (kg) 7.37±2.44 10.7±2.57 13.38±2.88 <.0001* 9.08±2.73 12.54±2.55 15.53±3.45 <.0001*
Total fat percentage (%) 22.53±5.11 29.77±4.43 35.12±4.14 <.0001* 32.22±5.71 39.88±3.95 44.74±5.04 <.0001*
ASM (kg) 21.41±2.86 20±2.61 18.61±2.3 <.0001* 14.41±1.89 13.71±1.79 13.17±2.06 <.0001*
eGFR (ml/min/1.73m2) 87.34±14.85 87.11±18.91 77.23±17.97 0.020* 87.92±15.35 88.66±17.42 90.18±18.46 0.579*
Blood urea nitrogen (mg/dL) 16.01±4.25 15.48±4.63 17.43±5.46 0.158* 15.27±4.19 15.35±4.48 15.63±4.41 0.820*
25OHD (ng/mL) 18.34±5.92 17.49±5.65 16.17±4.89 0.129* 16.38±6.45 17.03±6.03 15.94±7.32 0.442*
Alkaline phosphatase (IU/L) 238.88±73.24 240.3±95.81 244.71±53.74 0.939* 253.72±73.31 262.01±70.18 265.38±87.48 0.342*
Intact PTH 64.87±24.74 62.7±19.44 67.9±18.34 0.546* 66.24±26.26 67.25±24.82 76.33±37.29 0.025*
UACR (µg/mg) 58.46±389.79 23.7±54.97 109.52±234.72 0.450* 52.99±442.54 37.61±221.27 34.22±143.85 0.872*
Normoalbuminuria (%) 311(90.14) 106(84.80) 12(54.55) <.0001# 309(88.54) 151(86.78) 65(90.28) 0.817#
Microalbuminuria (%) 27(7.83) 19(15.20) 7(31.82) 34(9.74) 20(11.49) 5(6.94)
Macroalbuminuria (%) 7(2.03) 0(0.00) 3(13.64) 6(1.72) 3(1.72) 2(2.78)
Fasting glucose (mg/dL) 102.76±27.34 109.13±26.62 119.19±39.41 0.006* 99.06±21.95 101.68±23.39 112.28±34.2 0.0003*
HbA1c 5.94±0.87 6.17±0.91 6.74±1.29 <.0001* 5.94±0.89 6.03±0.91 6.37±1.20 0.003*
TC (mg/dL) 192.13±35.09 178.11±36.41 202.14±45.69 0.0004* 204.33±36.97 201.27±37.78 195.95±38.38 0.230*
Triglyceride (mg/dL) 154.25±117.32 159.73±132.04 284.57±319.01 0.0001* 138.64±95.39 138.23±78.43 142.97±79.4 0.929*
HDL-C (mg/dL) 47.56±12.43 43.96±10.77 44.69±12.86 0.021* 49.09±11.65 47.96±9.81 47.76±10.49 0.470*
LDL-C (mg/dL) 115.93±33.13 100.79±32.41 92±40.04 0.041* 126.97±35.35 124.92±34.47 120.29±30.08 0.795*

ANOVA *, Chi-squared test #