Table 1 Descriptive characteristics of the sample of 110 hospitalized elderly patients included in the study, categorized in elderly with sarcopenia (sarcopenia and severe sarcopenia) and without sarcopenia
From: Frequency of sarcopenia and associated factors among hospitalized elderly patients
Sarcopenia | No sarcopenia | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Variables | % (n) | Mean/SD | % (n) | Mean/SD |
Age | 78.9 ± 9.5 | 68.8 ± 6.8 | ||
60–69 years | 16.7 (4) | 62.8 (54) | ||
70–79 years | 33.3 (8) | 27.9 (24) | ||
≥80 years | 50.0 (12) | 9.3 (8) | ||
BMI | 21.5 ± 2.4 | 26.5 ± 4.6 | ||
Underweight | 54.2 (13) | 10.5 (9) | ||
Normal weight | 445.8 (11) | 53.5 (46) | ||
Excess weight | 0.0 (0) | 36.0 (31) | ||
Gender | ||||
Male | 50.0 (12) | 60.5 (52) | ||
Female | 50.0 (12) | 39.5 (34) | ||
Admission profile | ||||
Clinical | 87.5 (21) | 51.2 (44) | ||
Surgical | 12.5 (3) | 48.8 (42) | ||
MMSE | 20.4 ± 5.7 | 24.7 ± 4.4 | ||
Charlson index | 6.3 ± 1.9 | 5.2 ± 1.7 | ||
≤4 | 25.0 (6) | 39.5 (34) | ||
≥5 | 75.0 (18) | 60.5 (52) | ||
Length of stay | ||||
(days) | 2.8 ± 1.7 | 2.7 ± 1.6 | ||
1–3 | 62.5 (15) | 65.1 (56) | ||
≥3 | 37.5 (9) | 34.9 (30) | ||
Smoking | ||||
Absent | 70.8 (17) | 93.0 (80) | ||
Present | 29.2 (7) | 7.0 (6) | ||
Physical activity | ||||
<twice a week | ||||
No | 17.4 (4) | 41.6 (32) | ||
Yes | 82.6 (19) | 58.4 (45) | ||
Falls in the last year | ||||
Absent | 62.5 (15) | 77.9 (67) | ||
Present | 37.5 (9) | 22.1 (19) | ||
SMM (kg) | 17.5 ± 4.1 | 23.1 ± 5.1 | ||
MMI (kg / m2) | 6.8 ± 1.6 | 8.8 ± 1.7 | ||
Handgrip (kg) | 18.9 ± 6.7 | 30.5 ± 8.4 | ||
Gait speed (m / s) | 0.95 ± 0.4 | 1.36 ± 0.41 | ||