Table 2.
Variation in the prevalence of sarcopenia in older Mexican adults using different cutoff points from the 2010 EWGSOP criteria.
| Clinical entities | Definitions | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I | II | III | IV | V | VI | |
| Presarcopenia, % (n) | 7.4 (16) | 3.7 (8) | 12.9 (28) | 9.2 (20) | 5.5 (12) | 12.9 (28) |
| Sarcopenia, % (n) | 1.4 (3) | 4.6 (10) | 16.6 (36) | 7.4 (16) | 7.4 (16) | 13.4 (29) |
| Severe sarcopenia, % (n) | 3.2 (7) | 3.7 (8) | 24.4 (53) | 9.7 (21) | 13.3 (29) | 12.9 (28) |
| Overall prevalence of sarcopenia, % (n) | 4.6 (10)a | 8.3 (18)b | 41.0 (89)c | 17.1 (37)d | 20.7 (45)e | 26.3 (57)f |
Definitions I = a, II = b, III = c, IV = d, V = e, VI = f. Values in the same row with different letters are significantly different (p < 0.01).