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. 2021 May 26;50(5):1762–1769. doi: 10.1093/ageing/afab084

Table 3 .

Proportion of participants reaching threshold for diagnosis of sarcopenia (n = 147)

EWGSOP 2010a Low grip strengthb Walk speed ≤0.8 m/s Sit to stand >15 s EWGSOP 2019 probablec EWGSOP 2019 confirmedd EWGSOP 2019 severee FNIHf
Men 13 (17%) 33 (44%) 56 (75%) 67 (89%) 71 (95%) 18 (24%) 11 (15%) 15 (20%)
Women 8 (11%) 35 (49%) 60 (83%) 65 (90%) 67 (93%) 9 (13%) 7 (10%) 14 (19%)
All 21 (14%) 68 (46%) 116 (79%) 132 (90%) 138 (94%) 27 (18%) 18 (12%) 29 (20%)

FNIH, Foundation for the National Institutes of Health.

aLow grip strength (<30 kg men or <20 kg women) OR walk speed ≤0.8 m/s AND low appendicular muscle mass index (<7.26 kg/m2 men or < 5.5 kg/m2 women)

bLow grip strength (<27 kg men or <16 kg women)

cLow grip strength (<27 kg men or <16 kg women) OR sit to stand test >15 s/unable to complete

dLow grip strength (<27 kg men or <16 kg women) OR sit to stand test >15 s/unable to complete, AND low appendicular muscle mass index (<7.0 kg/m2 men or <5.5 kg/m2 women)

eAs for (c) but with walk speed ≤0.8 m/s

fLow grip strength (<26 kg men or <16 kg women) AND low appendicular lean mass (lean mass in kg divided by BMI in kg/m2 <0.789 for men or <0.512 for women)