Bone Mass Loss and Sarcopenia in Ecuadorian Patients

Table 2

Mean T score in patients with and without sarcopenia using SMI criteria.

	With sarcopenia (n = 60)	Without sarcopenia (n = 32)
Left hip	−1.3 ± 0.6	−0.7 ± 0.9	0.003
Right hip	−1.6 ± 0.7	−0.9 ± 1.2	0.001
L1	−1.9 ± 1.1	−1.3 ± 1.1	0.044
L2	−1.9 ± 1.2	−1.4 ± 1.1	0.010
L3	−2.2 ± 1.0	−1.3 ± 1.2	0.004
L4	−2.1 ± 1.1	−1.2 ± 1.1	0.003