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. 2022 Aug 30;42:101114. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcha.2022.101114

Table 4.

Comparison of clinical data between patients with and without sarcopenia.

Sarcopenia (+), n = 34 Sarcopenia (-), n = 55 p value
Age (years) 77.0 [72.8–80.0] 68.0 [63.0–74.0] <0.001***
BMI (kg/m2) 22.6 ± 3.7 25.8 ± 4.0 <0.001***
Hand-grip strength (kgf) 16.3 ± 5.1 26.8 ± 8.1 <0.001***
Walking speed (m/s) 0.73 ± 0.28 1.02 [0.88–1.15] <0.001***
Knee extension strength (kgf) 15.3 ± 6.2 24.8 ± 9.3 <0.001***
MTH (cm) 1.74 ± 0.50 2.63 ± 0.62 <0.001***
Skeletal muscle mass (kg) 17.4 ± 3.5 23.8 ± 4.7 <0.001***
SMI (kg/m2) 5.27 ± 0.85 7.16 ± 1.14 <0.001***
Body fat mass (kg) 17.5 ± 5.9 20.1 [15.5–23.6] 0.107
Body fat percentage (%) 32.8 ± 10.7 31.1 ± 7.9 0.420
Myostatin (pg/mL) 316 [245–540] 488 [359–702] 0.008**
GDF-15 (pg/mL) 1630 [1034–3946] 948 [655–1444] <0.001***
BNP (pg/mL) 320.1 [172.7–770.4] 92.0 [46.3–302.6] <0.001***
HDL-C (mg/dL) 56.7 ± 19.8 51.6 ± 13.3 0.147
TG (mg/dL) 89.8 ± 44.6 102.0 [70.0–137.0] 0.050*
hsCRP (mg/L) 0.25 [0.05–0.75] 0.12 [0.05–0.52] 0.355
eGFR (mL/min/1.73 m2) 51.3 ± 26.9 62.3 ± 23.1 0.044*
Alb (g/dL) 3.6 ± 0.6 4.0 ± 0.5 0.001**
Hb (g/dL) 11.3 ± 1.6 13.0 ± 1.5 <0.001***

Data are shown as mean ± standard deviation, or, where indicated, median and interquartile range. *, p < 0.05, **, p < 0.01, ***, p < 0.001. BMI, body mass index; MTH, muscle thickness; SMI, skeletal muscle mass index; GDF, growth differentiation factor; BNP, brain natriuretic peptide; HDL-C, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; TG, triglyceride; hsCRP, high-sensitivity C-reactive protein; eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate; Alb, albumin; Hb, hemoglobin.