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Table 1 Demographics of the clinical features, comorbidities and physical characteristics in the study population

From: Prevalence and physical characteristics of locomotive syndrome stages as classified by the new criteria 2020 in older Japanese people: results from the Nagahama study

 

Total

Men

Women

n = 2077

n = 730

n = 1347

Age, y

68.3 (5.4)

69.5 (5.4)

67.7 (5.3)

BMI, kg/m2

22.4 (3.0)

23.0 (2.8)

22.0 (3.1)

GLFS-25 score, /total of 120

7.3 (9.2)

6.7 (8.4)

7.6 (9.6)

Prevalence of LS stage 1, n (%)

507 (24.4%)

161 (22.1%)

346 (25.7%)

stage 2, n (%)

115 (5.5%)

46 (6.3%)

69 (5.1%)

stage 3, n (%)

136 (6.5%)

39 (5.3%)

97 (7.2%)

Sarcopenia, n (%)

111 (5.3%)

49 (6.7%)

62 (4.6%)

Osteoporosis, n (%)

305 (14.7%)

10 (1.4%)

295 (21.9%)

Diabetes mellitus, n (%)

232 (11.2%)

119 (16.3%)

113 (8.4%)

LBP, n (%)

1133 (54.5%)

403 (55.2%)

730 (54.2%)

Knee pain, n (%)

802 (38.6%)

294 (40.3%)

508 (37.7%)

SMI, kg/m2

6.63 (0.94)

7.57 (0.68)

6.13 (0.60)

ECW/ICW ratio, a.u

4.74 (0.66)

4.28 (0.53)

4.99 (0.58)

Usual gait speed, m/s

1.30 (0.18)

1.32 (0.17)

1.27 (0.19)

Five-times chair-stand, s

8.68 (2.59)

8.47 (2.37)

9.07 (2.92)

Single-leg standing, s

44.29 (20.02)

45.94 (19.19)

41.24 (21.13)

SPPB, /total of 12

11.72 (0.71)

11.78 (0.60)

11.61 (0.86)

Grip power, kg

28.35 (8.75)

37.92 (6.82)

23.16 (4.04)

Knee extension strength, Nm

116.64 (50.19)

159.35 (53.04)

93.50 (28.90)

Hip flexion strength, Nm

41.98 (15.65)

53.28 (17.62)

35.86 (10.14)

Hip abduction strength, Nm

24.29 (7.89)

30.48 (7.82)

20.94 (5.55)

  1. The continuous variables were shown as mean (SD), and categorical variables as frequencies (%)
  2. BMI body mass index, GLFS geriatric locomotive function scale, LS locomotive syndrome, LBP low back pain, SMI skeletal muscle mass index, ECW/ICW extracellular-to-intracellular water, SPPB Short Physical Performance Battery