Table 1 Anthropometric, clinical and behavioural characteristics of 17,870 participants of the Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2008–2011.

From: Comparisons of different indices of low muscle mass in relationship with cardiometabolic disorder

Variables

Male

Female

Mean (SE) or frequency (%)

n = 7667

n = 10203

Age, year

44.34 (0.28)

46.61 (0.27)

Body height (cm)

170.62 (0.10)

157.04 (0.10)

Body weight (kg)

69.81 (0.15)

56.89 (0.11)

Waist circumference (cm)

83.86 (0.14)

77.68 (0.16)

BMI (kg/m2)

23.94 (0.04)

23.09 (0.05)

ALM (kg)

22.55 (0.06)

14.43 (0.03)

ALMI (kg/m2)

7.72 (0.02)

5.85 (0.01)

FM (kg)

14.40 (0.09)

17.90 (0.08)

FMI (kg/m2)

4.94 (0.03)

7.28 (0.04)

ALM/weight

0.32 (0.00)

0.26 (0.00)

ALM/BMI (m2)

0.95 (0.00)

0.63 (0.00)

ALM/truncal fat

3.20 (0.03)

1.75 (0.01)

Clinical factor

   Fasting blood glucose (mg/dL)

98.26 (0.32)

94.97 (0.24)

   HOMA-IR

2.44 (0.02)

2.39 (0.03)

   HDL cholesterol (mg/dL)

49.69 (0.19)

55.38 (0.17)

   Triglyceride (mg/dL)

158.21 (2.00)

111.09 (1.03)

   Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)

117.68 (0.28)

114.25 (0.30)

   Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)

77.28 (0.21)

72.67 (0.17)

   Metabolic syndrome (%)

1922 (21.9)

2272 (19.1)

Behavioural factor

   Current smoker (%)

4745 (63.4)

787 (8.7)

   Drinking problem (%)

1585 (26.1)

415 (7.6)

   No regular physical activity (%)

3412 (44.3)

5139 (50.2)

  1. BMI = body mass index; ALM = appendicular lean mass; ALMI = appendicular lean mass index; FM = fat mass; FMI = fat mass index; HOMA-IR = homeostatic model assessment for insulin resistance.