Differences in Body Composition in Older People from Two Regions of Mexico: Implications for Diagnoses of Sarcopenia and Sarcopenic Obesity
Table 4
Body fat mass and appendicular skeletal muscle mass with their respective indices in older people from two regions of Mexico.
Men
Women
Together
Variables
Northwestern n =75
Center n =55
Northwestern n =142
Center n =158
Northwestern n = 217
Center n = 213
Adjusted-BFM, kg
22.25 ± 0.002
22.27 ± 0.002
27.7 ± 0.007
28.1 ± 0.006
26.1 ± 0.005
26.3 ± 0.005
Adjusted-BFMI, kg/m2
7.92 ± 0.005
8.07 ± 0.0.006
11.86 ± 0.003
12.03 ± 0.003
10.77 ± 0.003
10.71 ± 0.003
Adjusted-ASM, kg
19.17 ± 0.10
20.16 ± 0.11
13.12 ± 0.006
13.80 ± 0.006
14.87 ± 0.006
15.79 ± 0.009
Adjusted-ASMI, kg
6.85 ± 0.003
7.28 ± 0.004
5.59 ± 0.003
5.91 ± 0.003
5.96 ± 0.002
6.33 ± 0.02
Mean values and standard error. BFM: body fat mass; BFMI: body fat mass index; ASM: appendicular skeletal muscle mass; ASMI: appendicular skeletal muscle mass index. ≤ 0.05; ≤ 0.0001.
