Research Article
Sarco-Osteoporosis: Prevalence and Association with Frailty in Chinese Community-Dwelling Older Adults
Table 5
Characteristics of women by presence of frailty/prefrailty.
| Women
| Frailty
| Prefrailty
| Nonfrailty
| value |
| | Age (years) | 84.7 ± 2.6 | 77.1 ± 3.1 | 74.1 ± 3.9 | 0.023 | | AMI (kg/m2) | 5.0 ± 1.6 | 6.3 ± 1.9 | 7.2 ± 1.8 | 0.019 | | Body fat (%) | 33.5 ± 2.7 | 28.6 ± 2.9 | 27.4 ± 2.5 | 0.026 | | Grip strength (kg) | 13.6 ± 1.9 | 17.1 ± 2.6 | 24.6 ± 2.0 | 0.006 | | Usual walking speed (m/s) | 0.65 ± 0.13 | 0.86 ± 0.09 | 1.62 ± 0.19 | 0.003 | | BMD (g/cm2) | | | | | | Lumbar spine | 0.64 ± 0.11 | 0.69 ± 0.16 | 0.72 ± 0.07 | 0.038 | | Femoral neck | 0.61 ± 0.16 | 0.65 ± 0.08 | 0.71 ± 0.14 | 0.031 | | Musculoskeletal diseases classification | | | | | | Sarcopenia and no osteoporosis () | 7 (26.9%) | 19 (25.7%) | 2 (3.8%) | 0.007 | | Osteoporosis and no sarcopenia () | 8 (30.8%) | 26 (35.1%) | 13 (25.0%) | 0.028 | | Sarco-osteoporosis () | 10 (38.5%) | 12 (16.2%) | 1 (1.9%) | 0.004 | | No sarcopenia and no osteoporosis () | 1 (3.8%) | 17 (23.0%) | 36 (69.2%) | 0.013 |
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Notes. Values are mean ± standard deviation (SD) and number (percentage). AMI: appendicular muscle mass index; BMD: bone mineral density.
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