Methods, Diagnostic Criteria, Cutoff Points, and Prevalence of Sarcopenia among Older People

Table 3

Diagnostic criteria and prevalence of sarcopenia according to gender estimated by anthropometry ().

	Authors, y	Country	Study design; ()	Age; (y)	Diagnostic criteria				Prevalence (%)
					Index	Description and reference; population	Cutoff points
							Male; (kg/m^2)	Female; (kg/m^2)	Male; (%)	Female; (%)
Anthropometry
1	Rolland et al. 2003 [39]	France	Cross-sectional; (1311); community-dwelling women	≥70	CC	31 cm	—	31 cm	—	9.5
2	Bastiaanse et al. 2012^∗ [40]	The Netherlands	Transversal; 884; intellectual disabilities	≥50	CC	31 cm	31 cm	31 cm	14.0	14.5

CC: calf circumference.
Bastiaanse et al. 2012 [40]: EWGSOP criteria. The prevalence using only muscle mass estimated by CC was 9.1% in both sexes.
EPIDOS: European Patient Information and Documentation Systems (EPIDOS) Study.