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. 2020 Jan 13;11(2):487–496. doi: 10.1002/jcsm.12523

Table 1.

The expected values with 90% limits of skeletal muscle mass index and fat mass index at the 5 year follow‐up for men and women, starting at four different values (corresponding to z‐scores −2, −1, 1, 2) of skeletal muscle mass index and fat mass index for ages 40, 50, and 60

Age (years) SMMI FMI
Baseline After 5 years Baseline After 5 years
5% lower limit Expected 5% upper limit 5% lower limit Expected 5% upper limit
Men 40 7.45 7.04 7.45 7.86 2.56 1.99 3.07 4.41
8.18 7.72 8.14 8.59 4.15 3.21 4.57 6.13
9.95 9.25 9.83 10.53 8.56 6.49 8.5 11.28
11.31 10.28 11.08 12.14 12.3 8.77 11.64 15.53
50 7.27 6.83 7.26 7.7 2.86 2.23 3.35 4.72
8.01 7.5 7.95 8.44 4.56 3.56 4.96 6.53
9.85 9.03 9.67 10.44 9.21 7.07 9.09 11.84
11.27 10.07 10.94 12.11 13.14 9.48 12.36 16.16
60 7.04 6.56 7.02 7.48 3.13 2.48 3.64 4.99
7.77 7.22 7.69 8.2 4.91 3.91 5.3 6.8
9.59 8.69 9.33 10.1 9.58 7.48 9.36 11.81
10.99 9.64 10.5 11.62 13.37 9.83 12.41 15.69
Women 40 5.77 5.56 5.84 6.16 3.99 3.35 4.39 5.77
6.23 5.95 6.28 6.66 5.71 4.67 6.13 8.04
7.58 6.98 7.53 8.27 12.38 9.09 12.02 16.06
8.85 7.77 8.62 9.9 18.94 12.81 17.17 23.24
50 5.75 5.5 5.79 6.11 4.27 3.63 4.86 6.4
6.23 5.9 6.24 6.63 6.26 5.23 6.86 8.86
7.63 6.95 7.51 8.27 13.02 10.07 12.91 16.66
8.94 7.76 8.61 9.87 19.05 13.79 17.81 23.08
60 5.71 5.49 5.78 6.1 4.71 3.96 5.31 6.92
6.19 5.89 6.23 6.62 6.93 5.76 7.45 9.37
7.58 6.93 7.47 8.18 13.51 10.63 13.16 16.37
8.81 7.7 8.49 9.59 18.88 14.04 17.47 21.76

FMI, fat mass index; SMMI, skeletal muscle mass index.