Skeletal Muscle Mass Indices in Healthy Young Mexican Adults Aged 20–40 Years: Implications for Diagnoses of Sarcopenia in the Elderly Population

Table 3

Comparison between the proposed sex-specific cut-off points against some published indices from around the world.

Indices by authors	Sex-specific cut-off points
	Men	Women
ASMI, (kg/m^2)
Alemán and Ruiz, 2014	5.86	4.72
Baumgartner et al., 1988	7.26*	5.45*
Sanada et al., 2010 [7]	6.87*	5.46*
Lau et al., 2005 [8]	5.72*	4.82
Wen et al., 2011 [9]	5.80	4.30*
Kim et al., 2009 [10]	7.40*	5.10*
TBSMI, (kg/m^2)
Alemán and Ruiz, 2014	6.71	5.22
Lau et al., 2005 [8]	7.66*	6.40*
Tichet et al., 2008 [11]	8.60*	6.20*
Chien et al., 2008 [12]	8.90*	6.50*
Mesanes et al., 2012	8.31*	6.68*

ASMI: appendicular skeletal muscle mass index; TBSMI: total-body skeletal muscle mass index.
^∗𝑃<0.001.