Association of Sasang Constitutional Type with Sarcopenia

Table 2

Difference of body composition from dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry according to Sasang constitutional type.

	TE	SE	SY	value
Total body fat (kg)	66.5 ± 8.4	52.4 ± 6.0	54.9 ± 7.3	<0.0001
Total body fat mass (kg)	20.8 ± 5.6	12.9 ± 4.9	15.9 ± 4.7	<0.0001
Total lean body mass (kg)	45.7 ± 8.6	39.5 ± 7.0	39.1 ± 8.2	<0.0001
Total body mineral density (kg)	2.7 ± 0.5	2.35 ± 0.4	2.4 ± 0.4	<0.0001
ASM/height^2	7.52 ± 1.08	6.55 ± 0.96	6.64 ± 1.02	<0.0001
Sarcopenia, (%)	55 (8.6%)	72 (44.7%)	84 (20.7%)	<0.0001

Sarcopenia was defined as an ASM/height² less than 1 SD below the gender-specific normal mean of a younger reference group of our population.
The cutoff values were 7.34 kg/m² and 5.65 kg/m² for men and women, respectively.
TE: Tae-eum type; SE: So-eum type; SY: So-yang type; ASM: appendicular skeletal muscle mass.
versus SE and SY type.
versus SE type.