Table 1 General characteristics of people with and without sarcopenia.

From: Association between dietary intake of branched-chain amino acids and sarcopenia and its components: a cross-sectional study

 

Sarcopeniaa

P‡

Yes (n = 54)

No (n = 246)

Age (year)

68.50 ± 7.99

66.42 ± 7.61

0.07

BMI (kg/m2)

24.11 ± 2.59

28.10 ± 4.15

< 0.001

Physical activity (MET-h/w)

19.24 ± 20.47

22.08 ± 24.50

0.42

Female (%)

40.7

53.3

0.09

Alcohol use (%)

13

13.4

0.93

Smoking (%)

14.8

12.2

0.60

Medical history

Diabetes (%)

11

23

0.06

MI (%)

13

12

0.81

CVA (%)

5.6

2.0

0.14

Asthma (%)

1.9

2.0

0.93

Arthritis (%)

1.9

1.6

0.91

Drug history

Sexual hormone use (%)

5.6

2.4

0.22

Statin use (%)

44.4

35.0

0.19

Corticosteroid use (%)

5.6

2.0

0.14

  1. All values are mean ± SD, unless indicated. aSarcopenia was defined based on European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older People (EWGSOP) definition27. ‡ANOVA for continuous variables and Chi-squared test for categorical variables. BMI body mass index, MI myocardial infarction, CVA cerebrovascular accident.
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