Table 3 Prevalence and risk of mortality by various definitions of dysmobility syndrome.

From: Dysmobility Syndrome and Risk of Mortality for Community-Dwelling Middle-Aged and Older Adults: The Nexus of Aging and Body Composition

Definition of dysmobility syndrome

Prevalence n(%)

Age and sex adjusted HR(95% CI)

Harrell’s R2

AIC

BIC

Original version (Binkley)

  

reference

224.3

227.9

Obesity as BMI ≥ 27 kg/m2

 Robust

851(48.4)

1

0.012

226.9

230.4

 Pre-dysmobility

837(47.6)

4.7(1.0–21.0)

   

 Dysmobility

69(3.9)

4.6(0.7–30.8)

   

Obesity as central obesity

 Robust

577(32.8)

1

0.017

228.1

231.6

 Pre-dysmobility

1062(60.4)

4.2(0.5–33.2)

   

 Dysmobility

118(6.7)

8.3(0.9–80.1)

   

BMI-adjusted muscle index and high body fat percentage

 Robust

849(48.3)

1

−0.005

223.2

226.8

 Pre-dysmobility

763(43.4)

7.5(1.0–59.2)

   

 Dysmobility

145(8.3)

14.0(1.6–123.1)

   

BMI-adjusted muscle index and obesity as BMI ≥ 27 kg/m2

 Robust

871(49.6)

1

0.013

227.2

230.8

 Pre-dysmobility

768(43.7)

4.0(0.9–18.3)

   

 Dysmobility

118(6.7)

5.6(1.0–31.7)

   

BMI-adjusted muscle index and obesity as central obesity

 Robust

592(33.7)

1

0.004

225.2

228.7

 Pre-dysmobility

988(56.2)

3.3(0.4–26.8)

   

 Dysmobility

177(10.1)

10.2(1.2–90.9)

   
  1. HR, Hazard ratio; CI, confidence interval; AIC, Akaike Information Criterion; BIC, Bayesian information criterion; BMI, body mass index.