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. 2018 May 16;2018:6147426. doi: 10.1155/2018/6147426

Table 1.

Diagnostic criteria for osteosarcopenic obesity based on body composition (via dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry) [2, 3, 5].

Diagnostic criteria T-score for BMD ≤ −1.0 SD at the hip femoral SMI > 5.5 kg/h2 for women and 7.23 kg/h2 for men Fat mass ≥ 38% for women and ≥28% for men Visceral/subcutaneous fat ratio > 1
Osteopenia/osteoporosis Yes No No No
Sarcopenia No Yes No No
Visceral obesity No No Yes Yes
Subcutaneous obesity No No Yes No
Osteopenic sarcopenia Yes Yes No No
Osteopenic subcutaneous obesity Yes No Yes No
Osteopenic visceral obesity Yes No Yes Yes
Sarcopenic subcutaneous obesity No Yes Yes No
Sarcopenic visceral obesity No Yes Yes Yes
Osteosarcopenic subcutaneous obesity Yes Yes Yes No
Osteosarcopenic visceral obesity Yes Yes Yes Yes

BMD: bone mineral density; SMI: skeletal muscle index [5].