Sarcopenia in Egypt: epidemiology of sarcopenia risk among older adults presenting with fragility fractures—an initiative by the Egyptian Academy of Bone Health

Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation

Table 1 Sarcopenia risk in patients presenting with osteoporotic fragility fractures in relation to age and sex

	Sarcopenia score categories		p value
	< 4 No risk	≥ 4 High risk	p value
Sex
Male
51-	6	20	0.845 NS
51-	23.1%	76.9%*
60-	12	29
60-	29.3%	70.7%
70 +	20	49
70 +	29.0%	71.0%*
Total	38	98
Total	27.9%	72.1%
Females
51-	15	24	0.112 NS
51-	38.5%	61.5%
60-	23	66
60-	25.8%	74.2%
70 +	42	84
70 +	33.3%	66.7%
Total	80	174
Total	31.5%	68.5%
Both males and females
51-	21	44	0.108 NS
51-	32.3%	67.7%
60-	35	95
60-	26.9%	73.1%
70 +	62	133
70 +	31.8%	68.2%
Total	118	272
Total	30.3%	69.7%