Table 2.
Muscle mass, strength and gait in subjects with and without sarcopenia.
| Characteristics | Males (n = 88) |
Females (n = 29) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| With sarcopenia (n = 27) mean (SD) | Without sarcopenia (n = 61) mean (SD) | p-value | With sarcopenia (n = 7) mean (SD) | Without sarcopenia (n = 22) mean (SD) | P-value | |
| Total muscle mass, kg | 20.01 (2.58) | 24.42 (4.06) | 0.132 | 14.79 (1.35) | 18.01 (2.67) | 0.20 |
| SLM right upper limb, kg | 1.87 (0.35) | 2.35 (0.59) | 0.000 | 1.35 (0.17) | 1.61 (0.35) | 0.04 |
| SLM left upper limb, kg | 1.83 (0.32) | 2.28 (0.50) | 0.083 | 1.27 (0.18) | 1.65 (0.45) | 0.25 |
| SLM trunk, kg | 17.25 (2.17) | 19.91 (3.71) | 0.063 | 13.74 (1.12) | 15.63 (2.48) | 0.15 |
| SLM right lower limb, kg | 6.00 (0.92) | 7.54 (1.36) | 0.04 | 4.35 (0.54) | 5.39 (1.05) | 0.10 |
| SLM left lower limb, kg | 5.99 (0.99) | 7.43 (1.30) | 0.07 | 4.27 (0.51) | 5.29 (1.00) | 0.14 |
| Composite ASMI, kg | 15.71 (2.45) | 19.61 (3.44) | 0.000 | 11.25 (1.31) | 13.96 (2.52) | 0.05 |
| ASMI/height2, kg/m2 | 6.09 (0.63) | 7.43 (0.15) | 0.000 | 5.14 (0.53) | 6.19 (0.97) | 0.048 |
| Thigh muscle thickness, cm | 1.73 (0.35) | 2.14 (0.48) | 0.000 | 1.75 (0.65) | 2.01 (0.46) | 0.05 |
| Rectus femoris thickness, cm | 0.94 (0.26) | 1.14 (0.27) | 0.000 | 0.94 (0.26) | 1.14 (0.27) | 0.047 |
| Handgrip strength, kg | 22.0 (5.4) | 28.6 (7.8) | 0.018 | 14.5 (3.4) | 19.7 (2.8) | 0.07 |
| Gait speed, m/s | 0.76 (0.17) | 0.85 (0.12) | 0.000 | 0.75 (0.08) | 0.79 (0.15) | 0.16 |
SLM, skeletal lean mass; ASMI, appendicular skeletal muscle index.