High prevalence of sarcopenia among binge drinking elderly women: a nationwide population-based study

BMC Geriatrics

Table 1 Characteristics of elderly Korean men older than 65 years by presence of sarcopenia

Variables	All	Non-sarcopenia	Sarcopenia	P-value
	(n = 1698)	(n = 1190)	(n = 508)
Age (years)*	72 ± 5.2	71.3 ± 4.9	73.8 ± 5.4	0.006
BMI (kg/m²)*	23.1 ± 2.9	23.9 ± 2.6	20.9 ± 2.7	0.232
Waist circumference (cm)*	84.5 ± 9.1	86.6 ± 8.2	79.4 ± 9.2	<0.001
Appendicular SMI (kg/m²)*	7.4 ± 1.0	7.9 ± 0.6	6.3 ± 0.6	0.092
Education (%)				0.368
< Elementary school	49.7	48.8	51.8
Elementary school	17.2	18.2	15.0
Middle school	18.8	19.2	17.7
> Middle school	12.5	12.4	12.8
Cigarette smoking status (%)				0.012
Never	16.7	17.7	14.4
Former	25.0	23.2	29.3
Current	56.9	58.2	54.1
Moderate physical activity (%)^a	12.2	13.4	9.6	0.043
Walking physical activity (%)^b	53.2	54.6	50.0	0.161
Income (%)
Quartile 1 (lowest)	24.5	23.4	27.2	0.302
Quartile 2	23.9	24.3	23.0
Quartile 3	24.7	24.6	25.0
Quartile 4 (highest)	25.1	26.1	23.0
Energy intake (kcal/day)*	1890.9 ± 699.3	1956.7 ± 695.6	1735.4 ± 684.0	<0.001
Protein intake (g/day)*	63.1 ± 31.2	65.7 ± 31.8	56.7 ± 28.6	<0.001
Comorbidity (%)
Diabetes	17.2	16.7	19.5	0.118
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease	0.4	0	1.2	0.349
Chronic renal failure	0.6	0.5	0.8	0.01
Malignancy	6.5	5.2	9.6	<0.001

^*All values are presented as the mean ± SD and percentage distribution of participants as appropriate: BMI body mass index, SMI skeletal muscle index, BMD bone mass density. Significance was compared between non-sarcopenia and sarcopenia groups using Student’s t-test or Pearson chi-square test
^aModerate physical activity was 5 or more days of moderate-intensity activity of at least 30 min per day
^bWalking physical activity was 5 or more days of walking of at least 30 min per day

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