Table 4 Concordance between different cutoff points for dynapenia.

Dynapenia classification	European consensus (EWGSOP2) 2018		Asian Consensus 2019		Chileans 2018
Dynapenia classification	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes
Asian consensus 2019
No	1151	0
Yes	122	319
Kappa	k = 0.791; p < 0.001
McNemar	< 0.001
Chileans 2018
No	1243	0	1151	92
Yes	30	319	0	349
Kappa	k = 0.943; p < 0.001		k = 0.846; p < 0.001
McNemar	< 0.001		< 0.001
Original Colombian cutoffs 2019
No	1273	307	1151	429	1243	337
Yes	0	12	0	12	0	12
Kappa	k = 0.059; p < 0.001		k = 0.039; p < 0.001		k = 0.053; p < 0.001
McNemar	< 0.001		< 0.001		< 0.001
Alternative Colombian borderlines 2019 (< p25)
No	1273	230	1151	352	1243	260
Yes	0	89	0	89	0	89
Kappa	k = 0.382; p < 0.001		k = 0.268; p < 0.001		k = 0.348; p < 0.001
McNemar	< 0.001		< 0.001		< 0.001

European consensus EWGSOP2 2018: European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older People update in 2018⁵. Asian consensus 2019¹¹. Chileans 2018: Reference values of handgrip dynamometry in older Chileans¹³. 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.
K: Cohen’s Kappa Coefficient. McNemar: McNemar test. < p25: Values below 25 percentile.

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