Table 1 Basic characteristics of study participants.

From: Risk factors and predictive modeling in a US population with sarcopenia: a propensity score cohort study

Variables (Mean ± SE or Weighted%)

Overall (n = 1776)

NO-sarcopenia group (n = 1184)

Sarcopenia group

(n = 592)

P

Age (Year)

45.57 (10.75)

45.30 (10.40)

46.11 (11.40)

0.006

Sex (Male)

1208 (68.0)

816 (68.9)

392 (66.2)

0.273

Race (%)

0.034

 White

832 (46.8)

568 (48.0)

264 (44.6)

 

 Black

288 (16.2)

192 (16.2)

96 (16.2)

 

 Mexican

360 (20.3)

248 (20.9)

112 (18.9)

 

 Other

296 (16.7)

176 (14.9)

120 (20.3)

 

Marital status (%)

0.702

 Married

792 (44.6)

520 (43.9)

272 (45.9)

 

 Never married

448 (25.2)

304 (25.7)

144 (24.3)

 

 Widowed, divorced, or separated

536 (30.2)

360 (30.4)

176 (29.7)

 

Education (%)

0.022

 High School

480 (27.0)

328 (27.7)

152 (25.7)

 

 Less than 9th grade

64 (3.6)

32 (2.7)

32 (5.4)

 

 9-11th Grade

336 (18.9)

232 (19.6)

104 (17.6)

 

 College graduate or above

896 (50.5)

592 (50.0)

304 (51.4)

 

PIR (%)

0.312

 0.00–1.00

520 (29.3)

344 (29.1)

176 (29.7)

 

 1.00–3.00

880 (49.5)

600 (50.7)

280 (47.3)

 

 >3.00

376 (21.2)

240 (20.3)

136 (23.0)

 

Hypertension = 1 (%)

1240 (69.8)

816 (68.9)

424 (71.6)

0.265

Stroke (Yes, %)

56 (3.2)

32 (2.7)

24 (4.1)

0.164

CKD (Yes, %)

496 (27.9)

336 (28.4)

160 (27.0)

0.588

COPD (Yes, %)

128 (7.2)

96 (8.1)

32 (5.4)

0.048

DM (Yes, %)

664 (37.4)

448 (37.8)

216 (36.5)

0.615

Smoke (%)

0.009

 Former

352 (19.8)

216 (18.2)

136 (23.0)

 

 Never

1000 (56.3)

664 (56.1)

336 (56.8)

 

 Now

424 (23.9)

304 (25.7)

120 (20.3)

 

BMI (kg/m2)

35.15 (9.62)

30.74 (6.28)

43.97 (9.06)

< 0.001

Alcohol consumption (Yes, %)

328 (18.5)

216 (18.2)

112 (18.9)

0.779

WBC (×1012/L)

8.13 (2.65)

7.88 (2.69)

8.65 (2.50)

< 0.001

Neu (×1012/L)

60.35 (9.43)

59.66 (10.02)

61.74 (7.95)

< 0.001

Lym (×1012/L)

2.28 (0.81)

2.26 (0.86)

2.31 (0.70)

0.004

Hb (g/L)

14.50 (1.63)

14.57 (1.72)

14.35 (1.41)

0.007

PLT (×1012/L)

245.59 (67.50)

243.53 (66.27)

249.70 (69.77)

0.794

CK (U/L)

165.55 (191.79)

164.50 (155.45)

167.64 (249.18)

0.179

LDH (U/L)

130.25 (29.15)

124.73 (23.66)

141.30 (35.31)

< 0.001

SII

580.44 (327.45)

555.72 (322.70)

629.86 (331.53)

< 0.001

Survive (Yes, %)

136 (7.7)

80 (6.8)

56 (9.5)

0.054

Death reason (%)

0.022

 Cancer

8 (0.5)

8 (0.7)

0 (0.0)

 

 DM

24 (1.4)

16 (1.4)

8 (1.4)

 

 Heart disease

40 (2.3)

24 (2.0)

16 (2.7)

 

 Lung disease

16 (0.9)

8 (0.7)

8 (1.4)

 

 No

1640 (92.3)

1104 (93.2)

536 (90.5)

 

 Others

48 (2.7)

24 (2.0)

24 (4.1)

 

Follow-up (Day)

82.44 (18.54)

83.86 (16.22)

79.61 (22.22)

0.011

  1. Significant values are in bold.
  2. *WBC: white blood cell count; Lym: lymphocyte count; Neu: neutrophil count; Hb: hemoglobin; Plt: platelet count; CK: creatine phosphokinase; LDH: lactate dehydrogenase; SII, systemic immune-inflammation index; PIR, poverty index ratio.