Table 1 Patient characteristics
From: Associations between sarcopenia and degenerative lumbar scoliosis in older women
| Â | DLS | LSCS | p value |
|---|---|---|---|
Age (years) | 74.8 ± 1.3 | 72.9 ± 1.4 | 0.326 |
Body weight (kg) | 46.6 ± 1.1 | 53.1 ± 1.9 | 0.008 |
Height (m) | 1.51 ± 0.01 | 1.49 ± 0.01 | 0.391 |
BMI (kg/m2) | 20.3 ± 0.5 | 23.8 ± 0.6 | 0.0004 |
BMD | 0.962 ± 0.033 | 0.949 ± 0.013 | 0.703 |
Lean mass arm (kg) | 2.82 ± 0.11 | 3.34 ± 0.10 | 0.003 |
Lean mass leg (kg) | 9.88 ± 0.20 | 10.58 ± 0.38 | 0.201 |
Lean mass trunk (kg) | 1.58 ± 0.32 | 1.69 ± 0.45 | 0.053 |
Appendicular lean mass (kg) | 12.71 ± 0.35 | 13.93 ± 0.47 | 0.079 |
Total lean mass (kg) | 29.59 ± 1.98 | 34.27 ± 0.94 | 0.021 |