Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of participants
| All participants | Sarcopenia (Janssen) | Sarcopenia (Masanés) | Sarcopenia (low handgrip EWGSOP2) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | ||
| N | 150 | 17 (11.5%) | 133 (88.5%) | 52 (34.9%) | 98 (65.1%) | 140 (93.3%) |
9 (6.7%) |
| Age (years), mean ± SD | 87.6 ± 4.9 | 87.4 ± 5.3 | 87.7 ± 4.9 | 87.7 ± 4.9 | 87.8 ± 5.0 | 87.8 ± 4.8 | 86.2 ± 6 |
| Gender (% women) | 78.7% | 70.6% | 80.2% | 82.4% | 76.8% | 79.9% | 70% |
| Type of fracture | |||||||
| Perthrocanteric | 53.0% | 29.4% | 55.4% | 44.0% | 56.8% | 51.4% | 70% |
| Subcapital | 37.6% | 58.8% | 35.4% | 42.0% | 35.8% | 38.4% | 30% |
| Subthrocanteric | 9.4% | 11.8% | 9.2% | 14.0% | 7.4% | 10.2% | 0% |
| Handgrip strength | |||||||
| Mean | 8.1 ± 6.6 | 11.9 ± 8.4 | 7.6 ± 6.3 | 8 ± 6.4 | 8.1 ± 6.8 | 7.1 ± 5.5 | 21.2 ± 7.2 |
| Women | 6.6 ± 5 | 8.5 ± 6.3 | 6.4 ± 4.8 | 6.4 ± 5.1 | 6.7 ± 5.1 | 6 ± 4.4 | 16.9 ± 6.7 |
| Men | 13.6 ± 9 | 20 ± 7.2 | 12.4 ± 8.8 | 15.3 ± 7.3 | 12.9 ± 9.6 | 11.7 ± 7.1 | 31.3 ± 3.1 |
| MNA®‐SF | |||||||
| Malnutrition | 12.6% | 11.8% | 13% | 9.8% | 13.7% | 13.7% | 0% |
| Risk of malnutrition | 49.0% | 58.8% | 47.3% | 60.8% | 43.2% | 49.6% | 40% |
| Normal | 38.4% | 29.4% | 39.7% | 29.4% | 43.2% | 36.7% | 60% |
| BMI | |||||||
| <18.5 | 22.9% | 33.3% | 21.7% | 36.0% | 16.0% | 23.9% | 10% |
| 18.5‐24.9 | 35.4% | 40.0% | 34.9% | 42.0% | 31.9% | 35% | 40% |
| 25‐29.9 | 26.4% | 20.0% | 27.1% | 14.0% | 33.0% | 26.1% | 30% |
| ≥ 30 | 15.3% | 6.7% | 16.3% | 8.0% | 19.1% | 15% | 20% |
| Gait (FAC) | |||||||
| Independent (4‐5) | 77.5% | 88.2% | 77.1% | 78.4% | 77.9% | 76.3% | 100% |
| Dependent (0‐3) | 22.5% | 11.8% | 22.9% | 21.6% | 22.1% | 23.7% | 0% |
| BADL (Barthel) | |||||||
| Independent (100) | 14.2% | 23.5% | 13.2% | 20.0% | 11.7% | 11.6% | 50% |
| Mild dependence (60‐95) | 66.9% | 64.7% | 67.4% | 66.0% | 68.1% | 67.4% | 50% |
| Moderate dependence (40‐55) | 13.5% | 5.9% | 14.0% | 6.0% | 16.0% | 14.5% | 0% |
| Severe dependence (0‐35) | 5.4% | 5.9% | 5.5% | 8.0% | 4.3% | 5% | 0% |
| Cognition (Pfeiffer) | |||||||
| Normal | 53.7% | 50.0% | 53.3% | 54.8% | 52% | 50.5% | 88.9% |
| ≥ 3 errors | 46.3% | 50.0% | 46.7% | 45.2% | 48% | 49.5% | 11.1% |
| Reisberg GDS | |||||||
| No dementia | 62.1% | 50.0% | 63.2% | 60.0% | 63.3% | 60.2% | 85.7% |
| Mild dementia | 21.6% | 37.5% | 19.8% | 25.7% | 19.0% | 23.1% | 0% |
| Moderate‐severe dementia | 16.4% | 12.5% | 17.0% | 14.3% | 17.7% | 16.7% | 14.3% |
| Prescribed drugs (n) | 7.2 ± 3.6 | 7.7 ± 2.6 | 7.2 ± 3.8 | 7.7 ± 3.6 | 7.0 ± 3.7 | 7.3 ± 3.7 | 6.8 ± 2.8 |
| Previous falls ((≥3) | 40.0% | 1.4 ± 2.0 | 1.9 ± 2.8 | 2.0 ± 2.6 | 1.9 ± 2.8 | 1.9 ± 2.6 | 1.7 ± 4.5 |
SD = standard deviation. MNA‐SF = mini nutritional assessment‐short form. BMI = body mass index. FAC = functional ambulation categories. BADL = basic activities of daily living. GDS= global deterioration scale.