What are the factors associated with sarcopenia-related variables in adult women with severe obesity?

Table 1 Characterization of the evaluated sarcopenia-related variables according to age group

	Total	18–39 years N = 49	≥ 40 years N = 55
Sarcopenia-related parameters	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD	p*
ASMMI	8.07 ± 1.15	7.98 ± 1.04	8.14 ± 1.24	0.473
ASMM/BMI	0.47 ± 0.09	0.47 ± 0.09	0.45 ± 0.08	0.055
Total ASMM	20.34 ± 3.30	20.78 ± 3.42	19.94 ± 3.17	0.201
HGS (Kgf)	22.08 ± 6.43	23.02 ± 6.48	21.24 ± 6.33	0.159
HGS/BMI	0.51 ± 0.16	0.54 ± 0.16	0.48 ± 0.16	0.083
Walking speed (m/s)	1.02 ± 0.18	1.02 ± 0.19	1.01 ± 0.17	0.837

Note. SD Standard Deviation, BMI Body Mass Index, ASMMI Appendicular Skeletal Muscle Mass Index, ASMM Total Appendicular Skeletal Muscle Mass, ASMM/BMI Total Appendicular Skeletal Muscle Mass/Body Mass Index, HGS Hand Grip Strength, HGS/BMI Hand Grip Strength/Body Mass Index, *Student’s t-test

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