Sarcopenia: Influence of Regional Skeletal Muscle Cutoff Points and Fat-Free Mass in Older Mexican People—A Pilot Study

Table 2

Variation in the prevalence of sarcopenia in older Mexican adults using different cutoff points from the 2010 EWGSOP criteria.

Clinical entities	Definitions
	I	II	III	IV	V	VI
Presarcopenia, % (n)	7.4 (16)	3.7 (8)	12.9 (28)	9.2 (20)	5.5 (12)	12.9 (28)
Sarcopenia, % (n)	1.4 (3)	4.6 (10)	16.6 (36)	7.4 (16)	7.4 (16)	13.4 (29)
Severe sarcopenia, % (n)	3.2 (7)	3.7 (8)	24.4 (53)	9.7 (21)	13.3 (29)	12.9 (28)
Overall prevalence of sarcopenia, % (n)	4.6 (10)^a	8.3 (18)^b	41.0 (89)^c	17.1 (37)^d	20.7 (45)^e	26.3 (57)^f

Definitions I = a, II = b, III = c, IV = d, V = e, VI = f. Values in the same row with different letters are significantly different ().