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. 2022 Dec 21;12:26. doi: 10.1186/s13395-022-00309-5

Table 2.

Prevalence of OLLMMa by age, sex, and race/ethnicity (based on percentage BF)

% (95% CI) Race/ethnicity
Mexican-American Other Hispanic Non-Hispanic White Non-Hispanic Black Other, including multi-racial
Males aged 20–59 years 18.3 (12.1–24.5) 18.9 (8.5–29.2) 7.0 (3.0–11.0) 2.6 (1.1–4.0) 11.3 (5.9–16.7)
Males aged ≥ 60 years 48.3 (37.2–59.5) 36.8 (25.1–48.4) 25.2 (18.0–32.5) 5.3 (2.7–7.9) 30.1 (17.1–43.1)
Females aged 20–59 years 20.9 (15.7–26.1) 10.4 (3.5–17.4) 4.3 (2.4–6.3) 3.0 (0.7–5.3) 6.4 (2.1–10.7)
Females aged ≥ 60 years 66.6 (59.8–73.4) 42.1 (33.9–50.3) 32.3 (26.8–37.8) 5.6 (2.5–8.7) 21.6 (12.2–31.0)

ALM appendicular lean mass, BF body fat, CI confidence interval, OLLMM obesity with low lean muscle mass

aOLLMM based on ALM and percentage BF