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Table 1 Participant characteristics

From: Association of phase angle with sarcopenia in chronic musculoskeletal pain patients: a retrospective study

Variables

All (n = 190)

Men (n = 51)

Women (n = 139)

Age (years)

67.2 ± 13.5

65.3 ± 12.2

67.9 ± 13.9

BMI (kg/m2)

23.6 ± 4.5

23.7 ± 3.7

23.5 ± 4.8

Sarcopenia

51 (26.7)

10 (19.6)

41 (29.5)

Grip power (kg)

19.6 ± 10.4

29.3 ± 12.0

16.1 ± 6.9

Gait speed (m/s)

1.1 ± 0.4

1.1 ± 0.4

1.3 ± 0.4

SMI (kg/m2)

6.7 ± 1.3

7.9 ± 1.1

6.1 ± 0.9

Phase angle (°)

4.6 ± 0.9

5.3 ± 0.9

4.4 ± 0.8

NRS (points)

5.2 ± 2.5

4.9 ± 2.8

5.3 ± 2.4

Pain site

   

 Cranio-cervical

32 (16.8)

11 (21.6)

21 (15.1)

 Upper limb

41 (21.5)

15 (29.4)

26 (18.7)

 Trunk

111 (58.1)

27 (52.9)

84 (60.4)

 Lower limb

98 (51.3)

25 (49.0)

73 (52.5)

  1. Data are expressed as mean ± standard deviation for continuous variables, and as percentages (%) for categorical variables. BMI body mass index; SMI skeletal mass index; NRS numeric rating scale