Table 2.

General characteristics of the study participants

	Men (n = 1166)	Women (n = 1260)	Total (n = 2426)	P- value
Age (Years)	69.54 ± 6.44	69.16 ± 6.35	69.34 ± 6.40	0.14
Weight (Kg)	72.30 ± 12.40	66.61 ± 13.13	69.35 ± 13.09	< 0.001
Height (cm)	165.87 ± 6.31	152.24 ± 6.12	158.80 ± 9.22	< 0.001
Body mass index (Kg/m2)	26.24 ± 4.02	28.70 ± 5.34	27.52 ± 4.90	< 0.001
Appendicular muscle mass (Kg)	18.60 ± 2.80	13.37 ± 2.17	15.89 ± 3.61	< 0.001
SMI (Kg/m2)	5.75 ± 0.84	6.76 ± 0.85	6.23 ± 0.98	< 0.001
Walking speed (m/s)	0.95 ± 0.30	0.74 ± 0.27	0.84 ± 0.31	< 0.001
Hand grip strength (Kg)	30.52 ± 8.38	17.34 ± 5.22	23.68 ± 9.56	< 0.001
Fat mass (Kg)	31.24 ± 5.3	43.5 ± 5.3	37.59 ± 8.12	< 0.001
Waist circumference(cm)	97.08 ± 11.23	100.23 ± 12.52	98.72 ± 12.02	< 0.001
Hip circumference(cm)	99.33 ± 7.68	105.57 ± 11.21	102.57 ± 10.16	< 0.001
Mitral status (%)
Married	1113(95.5)	751(59.6)	1864(76.8)	< 0.001
Single/widow/Divorced	53(4.5)	509(40.4)	562(23.2
Education (%)
None	213(18.3)	587(46.7)	800(33.0)	< 0.001
Under Diploma	554(47.5	549(43.6)	1103(45.5)
Diploma and over	399(34.2)	122(9.7)	521(21.5)
Smoking (%)	242(20.8)	176(14.1)	418(17.4)	< 0.001
Physical activity (%)	271(23.2)	284(22.6)	555(22.9)	0.47

Data are presented as mean ± standard deviation or number(percent), SMI; Skeletal Muscle Index