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. 2022 Nov 29;17:1707–1727. doi: 10.2147/CIA.S388319

Table 2.

The Prevalence of Sarcopenia Status by Age Groups and Gender

Age Groups Without SARCOPENIA (n=1132) Confirmed Sarcopenia (n=275)
Total* n (%) Non-Sarcopenia n (%) Possible Sarcopenia n (%) Total** n (%) Sarcopenia n (%) Severe Sarcopenia n (%)
Total 65–69 (n=572) 503 (87.9) 426 (74.5) 77 (13.5) 69 (12.1) 55 (9.6) 14 (2.4)
70–74 (n=436) 360 (82.6) 279 (64.0) 81 (18.6) 76 (17.4) 51 (11.7) 25 (5.7)
75–79 (n=234) 173 (73.9) 111 (47.4) 62 (26.5) 61 (26.1) 32 (13.7) 29 (12.4)
≥80 (n=165) 96 (58.2) 39 (23.6) 57 (34.5) 69 (41.8) 29 (17.6) 40 (24.2)
Female 65–69 (n=367) 329 (89.6) 271 (73.8) 58 (15.8) 38 (10.4) 31 (8.4) 7 (1.9)
70–74 (n=248) 209 (84.3) 160 (64.5) 49 (19.8) 39 (15.7) 25 (10.1) 14 (5.6)
75–79 (n=122) 93 (76.2) 51 (41.8) 42 (34.4) 29 (23.8) 15 (12.3) 14 (11.5)
≥80 (n=89) 54 (60.7) 20 (22.5) 34 (38.2) 35 (39.3) 12 (13.5) 23 (25.8)
Male 65–69 (n=205) 174 (84.9) 155 (75.6) 19 (9.3) 31 (15.1) 24 (11.7) 7 (3.4)
70–74 (n=188) 151 (80.3) 119 (63.3) 32 (17.0) 37 (19.7) 26 (13.8) 11 (5.9)
75–79 (n=112) 80 (71.4) 60 (53.6) 20 (17.9) 32 (28.6) 17 (15.2) 15 (13.4)
≥80 (n=76) 42 (55.3) 19 (25.0) 23 (30.3) 34 (44.7) 17 (22.4) 17 (22.4)

Notes: *Prevalence of without sarcopenia = prevalence of non-sarcopenia + prevalence of possible sarcopenia. **Prevalence of confirmed sarcopenia = prevalence of sarcopenia + prevalence of severe sarcopenia.