Table 3.
Baseline health and health‐related lifestyles characteristics according to the presence of sarcopenia
| Sarcopenia a | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| No | Yes | P‐value b | |
| 444 | 52 | ||
| 89.5% | 10.5% | ||
| Frailty status | |||
| Not frail | 41.8 | 20.4 | |
| Pre‐frail | 53.5 | 63.3 | |
| Frail | 4.7 | 16.3 | <0.01 |
| Depression | 10.8 | 6.1 | 0.22 |
| Diabetes | 15.9 | 10.2 | 0.23 |
| Stroke | 3.3 | 4.1 | 0.79 |
| Hypercholesterolaemia | 25.4 | 17.0 | 0.16 |
| Hypertriglycaemia | 15.9 | 6.4 | 0.02 |
| Hypertension | 64.9 | 73.5 | 0.21 |
| Body mass index | 28.68 (4.95) | 29.5 (5.19) | 0.30 |
| Physical activity | |||
| Low | 38.4 | 52.1 | |
| Moderate | 22.5 | 14.6 | |
| High | 39.1 | 33.3 | 0.16 |
| Tobacco use | |||
| Never | 65.6 | 67.4 | |
| Ever smoked, no longer | 19.7 | 12.2 | |
| Current smoker, not daily | 5.2 | 6.1 | |
| Current smoker, daily | 9.6 | 14.3 | 0.51 |
| Alcohol consumption | |||
| Never | 52.7 | 49.0 | |
| Ever drinker, no longer | 35.4 | 42.9 | |
| Current drinker (low risk) | 8.4 | 8.2 | |
| Current drinker (high risk) | 3.5 | 0.0 | 0.47 |
| Vegetable and fruit intake (daily portions) | |||
| 0–2 | 42.1 | 34.8 | |
| 3–4 | 39.0 | 52.2 | |
| 5–6 | 14.0 | 8.7 | |
| 7+ | 5.0 | 4.4 | 0.36 |
a
Cells are percentages or means (std. dev.).
b
P‐value for a chi‐square or t tests.