Prevalence of Sarcopenia in Community-Dwelling Older Adults According to Simplified Algorithms for Sarcopenia Consensus Based on Asian Working Group for Sarcopenia

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Table 1 Characteristics of Community-Dwelling Korean Older Adult Participants

	Total (n=388)	Female (n=254)	Male (n=134)
Age	77.80±6.26	78.17±6.00	77.09±6.69
Weight	56.33±10.50	52.89±8.59	62.86±10.71
Height	155.27±9.97	150.43±8.08	164.43±6.05
Skeletal Muscle Mass Index(SMI)(kg/m^2)	6.23±0.95	5.79±0.73	7.06±0.75
<7.0 or 5.7 kg/m^2 (men or women)	160(41.2)	247(97.2)	54(40.3)
≥7.0 or 5.7 kg/m^2 (men or women)	228(58.8)	7(2.8)	80(59.7)
Grip strength(kg)	10.66±4.40	11.34±4.52	9.38±3.85
<28 or 18 kg(men or women)	361(93.0)	227(89.4)	134(100)
≥28 or 18 kg(men or women)	27(7.0)	27(10.6)	0(0)
Gait speed(m/s)	0.41±0.31	0.44±0.35	0.36±0.23
≤ 0.8 m/s	377(97.2)	106(41.7)	130(97.0)
> 0.8 m/s	11(2.8)	148(58.3)	4(3.0)
MMSE
Severe cognitive impairment	123(31.7)	71(28.0)	52(38.8)
Mild cognitive impairment	199(51.3)	142(55.9)	57(42.5)
No cognitive impairment	66(17.0)	41(16.1)	25(18.7)

Note: Values are mean ± SD or n(%).

Abbreviation: MMSE, Mini-Mental State Examination.

Figure 1 Assessment of prevalence of sarcopenia in community-dwelling older Korean according to the AWGS-recommended algorithm.

Figure 2 Assessment of prevalence of sarcopenia in community-dwelling older Korean according to the algorithm A, based on muscle strength and muscle mass.

Figure 3 Assessment of prevalence of sarcopenia in community-dwelling older Korean according to the algorithm B, based on muscle mass and muscle strength.