Gender Disparity in Expression of Sarcopenia in Haemodialysis Recipients: Analysis from the FITNESS Cohort

Table 2

Prevalence of low muscle mass, low muscle function, and sarcopenia by gender.

	Male	Female
Low muscle mass
No	50	54	<0.01
	36.2%	63.5%
Yes	88	31
	63.8%	36.5%
Sarcopenia
No	88	64	0.07
	63.8%	75.3%
Yes	50	21
	36.2%	24.7%
Severe sarcopenia
No	104	70	0.22
	75.4%	82.4%
Yes	34	15
	24.6%	17.7%
Low grip strength
No	78	46	0.73
	56.5%	54.1%
Yes	60	39
	43.5%	45.9%
Slow walk speed
No	78	40	0.17
	56.5%	47.1%
Yes	60	45
	43.5%	52.9%

Percentages within gender shown. values obtained by the Chi-squared test. Bold values indicate significance at P < 0.05.