Table 5 Cuttoff values for handgrip dynamometry to measure dynapenia by European and Asian consensus, Chilean and Colombian proposals.

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

Cutoffs values

Men

Women

European consensus (EWGSOP2) 2018

 < 27 kg

 < 16 kg

Asian consensus 2019

 < 28 kg

 < 18 kg

Chileans 2018

 < 28 kg

 < 16 kg

Original Colombian cutoffs 2019

60–64 years < 17.4 kg

65–69 years < 15.7 kg

70–74 years < 14.3 kg

75–79 years < 12.3 kg

80–84 years < 10.1 kg

85 years and older < 8.6 kg

60–64 years < 10.1 kg

65–69 years < 8.9 kg

70–74 years < 8.2 kg

75–79 years < 6.7 kg

80–84 years < 5.3 kg

85 years and older < 4.9 kg

Alternative Colombian borderlines 2019 (< p25)

60–64 years < 25.1 kg

65–69 years < 23.3 kg

70–74 years < 21.2 kg

75–79 years < 18.7 kg

80–84 years < 15.7 kg

85 years and older < 13.2 kg

60–64 years < 14.6 kg

65–69 years < 13.6 kg

70–74 years < 12.4 kg

75–79 years < 11.1 kg

80–84 years < 9.6 kg

85 years and older < 8.8 kg

  1. 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 borderlines2019 (< p25): values lower than the 25-percentile taken from Ramirez-Velez et al.17.