Bone Mass Loss and Sarcopenia in Ecuadorian Patients

Table 1

Sarcopenia tests according to DXA diagnoses.

	Normal (n = 20)	Osteopenia (n = 22)	Osteoporosis (n = 50)
Gait speed (m/s)	0.8 ± 0.2	0.7 ± 0.4	0.9 ± 1.2	0.640
Handgrip strength (kg)	20.2 ± 6.7	23.2 ± 16.2	18.2 ± 7.3	0.156
SARC-F	3.3 ± 2.1	3.3 ± 2.3	2.8 ± 2.1	0.747
ASM (kg)	17.9 ± 3.5	16.5 ± 3.9	15.3 ± 3.2 kg	0.013
Total-body skeletal muscle mass (kg)	23.9 ± 4.7	21.9 ± 5.3	20.3 ± 4.7	0.013
SMI (kg/m^2)	7.3 ± 0.9	6.7 ± 1.1	6.6 ± 1.1	0.072