Table 2.
Body composition and anthropometric measures in patients with obesity.
| Overall (n = 599) | Sarcopenia status |
P value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Present (n = 285) | Absent (n = 314) | |||
| Height, m | 1.66 ± 0.09 | 1.62 ± 0.08 | 1.70 ± 0.09 | <.001 |
| Weight, kg | 119.9 ± 28.5 | 100.1 ± 13.5 | 137.8 ± 26.6 | <.001 |
| Body mass index, kg/m2 | 43.1 ± 8.9 | 38.2 ± 6.4 | 47.6 ± 8.6 | <.001 |
| Waist Circumference, cm | 132.3 ± 70.7 | 127.9 ± 100.5 | 136.3 ± 18.7 | .15 |
| High WC (yes/no) | 594 (99.2) | 281 (98.6) | 313 (99.7) | .15 |
| Body fat, kg | 59.2 ± 39.2 | 48.7 ± 10.3 | 68.6 ± 18.0 | <.001 |
| Body fat, % | 49.0 ± 6.1 | 48.4 ± 5.9 | 49.5 ± 6.2 | .03 |
| High body fat, % | 599 (100) | 284 (100) | 314 (100) | 1.00 |
| Visceral adipose tissue, cm3 | 6.54 ± 4.47 | 4.50 ± 2.37 | 8.38 ± 5.08 | <.001 |
| Skeletal muscle mass, kg | 29.6 ± 8.0 | 24.4 ± 4.2 | 34.4 ± 7.6 | <.001 |
| ALM, kg | 16.7 ± 4.7 | 13.4 ± 2.2 | 19.8 ± 4.3 | <.001 |
| Right leg, kg | 15.0 ± 4.3 | 12.0 ± 1.85 | 17.8 ± 4.1 | <.001 |
| Left leg, kg | 14.9 ± 4.2 | 11.9 ± 1.82 | 17.6 ± 3.85 | <.001 |
| Left arm, kg | 3.4 ± 1.1 | 2.76 ± 0.68 | 3.97 ± 1.11 | <.001 |
| Right arm, kg | 3.54 ± 1.2 | 2.87 ± 0.71 | 4.15 ± 1.18 | <.001 |
| ALM | 0.39 ± 0.08 | 0.358 ± 0.068 | 0.421 ± 0.083 | <.001 |
All values presented are mean ± standard deviation, or counts (percent).
Abbreviations: ALM, appendicular lean mass; BMI, body mass index; WC, waist circumference.