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Table 2 Lifestyle and family function of participants

From: Association between sarcopenia with lifestyle and family function among community-dwelling Chinese aged 60 years and older

 

Male(n = 415)

Female(n = 419)

Sarcopenia

N = 47

Non-sarcopenia

N = 368

P

Sarcopenia

N = 41

Non-sarcopenia

N = 378

P

Smoking, n(%)

 Current Smokers

14(29.8)

106(28.8)

0.413

0(0.0)

9(2.4)

0.445

 Quitter

15(31.9)

151(41.0)

 

2(4.9)

10(2.6)

 

 Never Smokers

18(38.3)

111(30.2)

 

39(95.1)

359(95.0)

 

Drinking, n(%)

 Not drink

32(68.1)

204(55.4)

0.252

41(100.0)

327(86.5)

0.046*

 Drinking <2/week

6(12.8)

61(16.6)

0(0.0)

21(5.6)

 Drinking ≥2/week

9(19.1)

103(28.0)

0(0.0)

30(7.9)

Present Physical activity, n(%)

 Low

4(8.5)

7(1.9)

0.020*

1(2.4)

6(1.6)

0.387

 Moderate

20(42.6)

141(38.4)

14(34.1)

97(25.7)

 High

23(48.9)

219(59.7)

25(61.0)

275(72.7)

Dietary Pattern(times per week, Mean(SD))

 Grain,Cereals

20.00(3.95)

20.21(3.79)

0.726

20.00(3.67)

19.37(3.85)

0.315

 Vegetables

14.98(12.61)

17.12(11.66)

0.242

18.22(11.11)

16.90(11.92)

0.498

 Fruits

5.11(3.90)

5.22(3.71)

0.840

5.39(3.29)

6.44(3.53)

0.071

 Eggs

5.36(3.02)

4.86(2.89)

0.263

4.32(2.62)

4.73(2.72)

0.355

 Fish, shrimp

1.04(1.49)

0.85(1.29)

0.353

0.98(1.54)

0.90(1.30)

0.744

 Nuts

0.19(0.74)

0.61(1.90)

0.135

0.05(0.22)

0.81(2.11)

0.022*

 Meat(pork,beef,mutton,poultry)

8.87(4.79)

9.54(5.01)

0.386

9.54(4.72)

9.15(4.50)

0.604

 Milk,milk products

4.87(3.40)

4.45(4.45)

0.532

3.86(3.14)

4.68(3.17)

0.112

 legumes

3.02(4.26)

2.28(2.57)

0.090

2.17(3.32)

2.23(2.61)

0.888

Family function

 APGAR,Mean(SD)

7.68(1.11)

8.05(0.77)

0.003**

7.63(1.22)

8.06(0.99)

0.013*

 Good family function

40(85.1)

355(96.5)

0.001**

35(85.4)

363(96.0)

0.004**

 Moderate family dysfunction

7(14.9)

12(3.2)

 

5(12.2)

9(2.4)

 

 severe family dysfunction

0(0.0)

1(0.3)

 

1(2.4)

6(1.6)

 

Live along, n(%)

4(8.5)

19(5.2)

0.345

8(19.5)

48(12.7)

0.088

  1. * p < 0.05; ** p < 0.01 between non sarcopenic and sarcopenic individuals. During testing, P < 0.05 was considered statistically significant