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Table 1 Comparison of anthropometric and bioimpedance indices of patients grouped according to the diagnosis of sarcopenia

From: The triad of physiological challenges: investigating the intersection of sarcopenia, malnutrition, and malnutrition-sarcopenia syndrome in patients with COPD - a cross-sectional study

Variables

Non Sarcopenic Patients (n = 61)

Sarcopenic Patients (n = 99)

p Value

Age (years)

47 ±14

47.85 ±15

0.956

Body Weight (kg)

59.41 ± 10.5

48.64 ± 11

<  0.001

Height (cm)

160 ± 9.62

157 ±10.18

0.109

BMI (kg/m2)

23.37 ± 4.7

18.86 ± 5.11

<  0.001

Body Fat %

21.79 ± 7.2

24.32 ± 7.5

0.036

Fat Free Mass (FFM)(kg)

23.5 ±4.6

18.2 ±4.5

< 0.05

MNA-SF

11 ± 2.5

8 ± 2.4

< 0.05

SMMI (kg/m2)

19.98 ± 4.19

5 ± 0.8

<  0.001

Hand Grip (kg)

13.13 ±13.07

7.67 ± 6.7

<  0.001

  1. p value < 0.05- statistically significant. p value < 0.001 - highly statistically significant