Research Article
Evidence-Based Optimal Cutoff Values with the Validation of Criterion-Referenced Standards for Sarcopenic Elderly Fitness Improvement
Table 3
Results of ROC curve analysis predicting prevalence sarcopenia in elderly.
| Senior fitness variables | Prevalence (%) | AUC (95% CI) | Cutoff value | Sensitivity | Specificity | value |
| Men | | | | | | | Arm curl (rep.) | 8.45 | 0.718 (0.679~0.754) | ≤16 | 68.75 | 71.54 | <0.001 | Low limb strength_ extension (nm) | 7.90 | 0.849 (0.815~0.879) | ≤109.22 | 82.93 | 75.31 | <0.001 | Low limb strength_ flexion (nm) | 7.90 | 0.829 (0.794∼0.861) | ≤61.72 | 80.49 | 75.94 | <0.001 | Sit-to-stand (rep.) | 7.50 | 0.714 (0.674∼0.753) | ≤12 | 48.72 | 83.58 | <0.001 | TUG (sec.) | 7.61 | 0.763 (0.725∼0.798) | >6.367 | 71.43 | 70.00 | <0.001 | 6 min walk (m) | 6.51 | 0.707 (0.655∼0.755) | ≤388.3 | 40.91 | 93.35 | 0.019 | Women | | | | | | | Arm curl (rep.) | 12.47 | 0.715 (0.684~0.744) | ≤14 | 60.36 | 71.50 | <0.001 | Low limb strength extension (nm) | 9.97 | 0.728 (0.695~0.760) | ≤76.04 | 86.49 | 56.74 | <0.001 | Low limb strength flexion (nm) | 9.97 | 0.793 (0.762∼0.821) | ≤37.74 | 86.49 | 64.67 | <0.001 | Sit-to-stand (rep.) | 12.0 | 0.676 (0.641∼0.710) | ≤14 | 69.66 | 61.81 | <0.001 | TUG (sec.) | 11.9 | 0.702 (0.669∼0.733) | >6.687 | 68.37 | 61.29 | <0.001 | 6 min walk (m) | 7.46 | 0.793 (0.746∼0.835) | ≤402.8 | 68.00 | 82.90 | 0.019 |
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