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Table 4 Characteristics of middle-aged and elderly men with sarcopenia defined by height-adjusted ASM or weight-adjusted ASM
| Sarcopenia defined by ASM/Ht2 | Sarcopenia defined by ASM/Wt | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | Class 1 | Class 2 | *P value | Normal | Class 1 | Class 2 | *P value | |||
| Sarcopenia | Sarcopenia | One-way ANCOVA | Post hoc analysis | Sarcopenia | Sarcopenia | One-way ANCOVA | Post hoc analysis | |||
| Number | 185 (67.8%) | 76 (27.8%) | 12 (4.4%) | – | – | 168 (61.5%) | 89 (32.6%) | 16 (5.9%) | – | – |
| Age (years) | 57 ± 10 | 64 ± 13 | 70 ± 14 | – | – | 57 ± 11 | 62 ± 12 | 69 ± 11 | – | – |
| Height (cm) | 169.5 ± 6.2 | 167.5 ± 5.9 | 164.4 ± 7.4 | N.S. | 169.2 ± 6.5 | 168.1 ± 5.8 | 166.6 ± 6.7 | N.S. | ||
| Weight (kg) | 66.0 ± 5.5 | 60.5 ± 6.3 | 53.4 ± 6.5 | <0.001 | a,b,c | 63.5 ± 6.8 | 64.8 ± 6.1 | 63.1 ± 8.2 | <0.01 | |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 23.0 ± 1.2 | 21.5 ± 1.5 | 19.5 ± 1.4 | <0.001 | a,b,c | 22.1 ± 1.6 | 22.9 ± 1.3 | 22.7 ± 1.8 | N.S. | |
| WC (cm) | 82.9 ± 5.2 | 81.5 ± 5.8 | 75.1 ± 5.2 | <0.001 | a,b,c | 80.2 ± 5.1 | 85.1 ± 4.4 | 84.9 ± 7.3 | N.S. | |
| Percent body fat (%) | 19.7 ± 3.7 | 20.8 ± 4.2 | 20.1 ± 4.0 | – | – | 18.1 ± 3.4 | 22.9 ± 2.0 | 24.4 ± 3.4 | – | – |
| Handgrip strength (kg) | 40.5 ± 7.0 | 34.9 ± 6.1 | 31.9 ± 6.5 | <0.001 | a,b | 40.7 ± 6.9 | 35.5 ± 6.7 | 33.5 ± 6.1 | <0.01 | a,b |
| Whole-body BMD (g/cm2) | 1.142 ± 0.109 | 1.078 ± 0.084 | 1.019 ± 0.113 | <0.001 | a,b | 1.133 ± 0.104 | 1.097 ± 0.107 | 1.091 ± 0.135 | N.S. | |
| Arm BMD (g/cm2) | 0.799 ± 0.059 | 0.752 ± 0.049 | 0.713 ± 0.057 | <0.001 | a,b,c | 0.793 ± 0.059 | 0.766 ± 0.061 | 0.755 ± 0.061 | N.S. | |
| Lumbar spine BMD (g/cm2) | 1.076 ± 0.190 | 1.012 ± 0.193 | 0.944 ± 0.223 | <0.01 | a,b | 1.065 ± 0.181 | 1.027 ± 0.206 | 1.067 ± 0.261 | N.S. | |
| Leg BMD (g/cm2) | 1.246 ± 0.113 | 1.158 ± 0.088 | 1.068 ± 0.089 | <0.001 | a,b,c | 1.234 ± 0.117 | 1.184 ± 0.103 | 1.176 ± 0.140 | N.S. | |
| HbA1c (%) | 5.29 ± 0.54 | 5.45 ± 0.63 | 5.85 ± 1.11 | N.S. | 5.32 ± 0.60 | 5.36 ± 0.54 | 5.76 ± 0.88 | N.S. | ||
| TG (mg/dl) | 104.2 ± 52.5 | 100.7 ± 51.3 | 109.4 ± 46.22 | N.S. | 96.8 ± 47.0 | 115.1 ± 59.8 | 109.5 ± 41.0 | N.S. | ||
| HDL-C (mg/dl) | 59.7 ± 13.7 | 61.4 ± 15.1 | 65.1 ± 17.0 | N.S. | 62.1 ± 14.5 | 57.4 ± 13.2 | 59.0 ± 15.9 | N.S. | ||
| TG/HDL ratio | 1.92 ± 1.20 | 1.83 ± 1.23 | 1.81 ± 0.86 | N.S. | 1.73 ± 1.12 | 2.18 ± 1.33 | 1.92 ± 0.71 | N.S. | ||
| SBP (mmHg) | 126 ± 14 | 126 ± 16 | 127 ± 23 | N.S. | 125 ± 14 | 127 ± 15 | 132 ± 18 | N.S. | ||
| DBP (mmHg) | 80 ± 10 | 77 ± 11 | 74 ± 10 | <0.05 | a | 78 ± 10 | 79 ± 10 | 82 ± 11 | N.S. | |
| baPWV (cm/s) | 1402 ± 247 | 1529 ± 308 | 1758 ± 399 | N.S. | 1388 ± 243 | 1515 ± 278 | 1773 ± 436 | <0.001 | a,b,c | |
