High Prevalence of Sarcopenia in HIV-Infected Individuals

Table 2

Prevalence of sarcopenia in HIV-infected persons.

Prevalence of sarcopenia according to gender
	First DXA			Last DXA
	Female   (n=210)	Male  (n=650)	P value	Female   (n=210)	Male   (n=650)	P value
No sarcopenia (%)	35	70	<0.001	43	73	<0.001
Sarcopenia (%)	65	30	<0.001	57	27	<0.001
Prevalence of sarcopenia according to age
≤40 years (%)		1
41-50 years (%)		40
>50 years (%)		59
Prevalence of sarcopenia according to gender and age ≥50 years
N=507	Female ≥50 years  n=129			Male >50 years  n=378
Sarcopenia n (%)	55 (43)			33 (8.8)

P value in women between first DXA and last DXA (p=0.001); P value in men between first DXA and last DXA (p=0.057).