Table 3 Health, functionality, and anthropometrics characteristics according to dynapenia by Colombian proposal.

From: Handgrip strength in older adults from Antioquia-Colombia and comparison of cutoff points for dynapenia

Variable

n

Original Colombian cutoffs 2019

Alternative Colombian borderlines 2019 (< p25)

Dynapenia

No dynapenia

Dynapenia

No dynapenia

% (95% CI)

% (95% CI)

% (95% CI)

% (95% CI)

Antioquia

1592

0.8 (0.4–1.8)

99.2 (98.2–99.6)

5.5 (4.2–7.1)

94.5 (92.9–95.8)

Physical activity

 Active

1013

32.5 (9.4–69.1)

63.6 (59.0–67.9)

44.7 (32.0–58.1)

64.4 (59.6–68.9)

 Inactive

569

67.5 (30.9–90.6)

36.4 (32.1–41.0)

55.3 (41.9–68.0)

35.6 (31.1–40.4)

 p*

 

0.089

0.006

Multimorbidity

 No

861

60.5 (25.5–87.3)

54.1 (49.8–58.3)

38.3 (26.0–52.3)

55.1 (50.6–59.4)

 Yes

731

39.5 (12.7–74.5)

45.9 (41.7–50.2)

61.7 (47.7–74.0)

44.9 (40.6–49.4)

 p*

 

0.731

0.024

Gait speed

 Normal (≥ 0.8 m/s)

846

14.2 (2.2–55.1)

55.4 (50.9–59.8)

28.7 (18.2–42.1)

56.5 (51.8–61.1)

 Slow (< 0.8 m/s)

685

85.8 (44.9–97.8)

44.6 (40.2–49.1)

71.3 (57.9–81.8)

43.5 (38.9–48.2)

 p*

 

0.017

 < 0.001

Mini nutritional assessment

 Normal

881

30.8 (8.5–68.1)

64.1 (59.0–68.9)

46.8 (33.2–60.8)

64.8 (59.5–69.7)

 Risk/Malnutrition

513

69.2 (31.9–91.5)

35.9 (31.1–41.0)

53.2 (39.2–66.8)

35.2 (30.3–40.5)

 p*

 

0.069

0.018

Calf circumference

 Adequate (≥ 31 cm)

1257

50.2 (16.6–83.6)

86.9 (82.3–90.5)

69.2 (54.7–80.6)

87.7 (82.8–91.3)

 Low (< 31 cm)

167

49.8 (16.4–83.4)

13.1 (9.5–17.7)

30.8 (19.4–45.3)

12.3 (8.7–17.2)

p*

 

0.036

0.004

Body mass index

 Undernutrition

312

48.1 (14.5–83.5)

20.2 (16.6–24.4)

23.5 (13.4–38.0)

20.3 (16.5–24.7)

 Normal

637

26.4 (7.3–62.1)

43.1 (38.7–47.7)

48.7 (35.2–62.3)

42.7 (38.0–47.4)

 Overweight

380

12.4 (1.6–55.2)

24.5 (21.0–28.4)

20.4 (10.7–35.4)

24.7 (21.0–28.7)

 Obesity

214

13.0 (1.7–56.6)

12.1 (10.2–14.4)

7.4 (3.3–15.6)

12.4 (10.4–14.7)

 p*

 

0.389

0.547

  1. Original Colombian cutoffs 2019: reference cutoffs for handgrip strength among older adults17. Alternative Colombian borderlines 2019 (< p25): values lower than the 25-percentile taken from Ramirez-Velez et al.17.
  2. *Maximum likelihood estimatio.