Lower Central Fat Increase Risk of One-Year Muscle Mass Loss in Menopausal Women

Table 1

The characteristics of the study patients.

Variables	Muscle mass loss ()	No muscle mass loss ()	value
Age (years),			0.531
Body mass index (kg/m^2),			0.433
Baseline trunk limb fat mass ratio			0.004
Smoking (, %)	2 (2.9)	2 (2.0)	0.538
Alcohol consumption (, %)	2 (2.9)	4 (3.9)	0.53
Diabetes mellitus (, %)	18 (25.7)	12 (11.8)	0.016
Hypertension (, %)	22 (31.4)	30 (29.4)	0.453
Cardiovascular disease (, %)	10 (14.3)	10 (9.8)	0.253
Chronic liver disease (, %)	6 (8.6)	12 (11.8)	0.342
Neurological disease (, %)	2 (2.9)	6 (5.9)	0.296
Chronic kidney disease (, %)	8 (11.4)	2 (2.0)	0.012