Table 1.
Demographic data by group
| Group | Age (year) | Height (cm) | Weight (kg) | BMI (kg/cm2) | Fall risk score | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | average | SD | average | SD | average | SD | average | SD | average | SD | |||
| Normal | 99 | M | 36 | 77.0 | 5.0 | 163.6 | 4.7 | 60.8 | 7.0 | 22.7 | 2.5 | 7.3 | 3.1 |
| F | 63 | 75.6 | 5.1 | 150.7 | 5.4 | 52.3 | 9.7 | 23.0 | 3.9 | 7.9 | 3.2 | ||
| Poor-function | 55 | M | 13 | 77.7 | 5.1 | 159.3 | 8.5 | 67.9 | 12.1 | 26.6 | 3.1 | 9.2 | 3.2 |
| F | 42 | 78.9* | 5.3 | 146.7 | 7.2 | 53.9 | 10.1 | 25.0* | 3.8 | 11.0* | 3.0 | ||
| Sarcopenia | 26 | M | 14 | 79.9 | 5.8 | 159.9 | 4.9 | 55.6 | 7.6 | 21.7 | 2.2 | 8.8 | 2.9 |
| F | 12 | 81.8* | 3.5 | 148.7 | 4.9 | 41.5* | 5.6 | 18.8* | 2.5 | 10.4* | 2.2 | ||
| Severe Sarcopenia | 34 | M | 15 | 81.6 | 7.9 | 161.6 | 7.7 | 54.1 | 9.7 | 20.7 | 3.5 | 10.1* | 3.4 |
| F | 19 | 83.6* | 4.7 | 143.6 | 5.7 | 39.6* | 5.6 | 19.1* | 1.6 | 10.7* | 2.8 | ||
| Total | 214 | M | 78 | 78.5 | 6.0 | 161.8 | 6.3 | 59.7 | 9.6 | 22.8 | 3.3 | 8.4 | 3.3 |
| F | 136 | 78.3 | 5.7 | 148.3 | 6.5 | 50.1 | 10.5 | 22.7 | 4.1 | 9.5* | 3.3 | ||
*P < 0.05 compared with normal group, M men, W women, BMI body mass index, SD standard deviation
Age was significantly higher in the poor-function, sarcopenia and severe-sarcopenia groups than in the normal group