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 variablesPrevalence (%)AUC (95% CI)Cutoff valueSensitivitySpecificity value

Men
Arm curl (rep.)8.450.718 (0.679~0.754)≤1668.7571.54<0.001
Low limb strength_ extension (nm)7.900.849 (0.815~0.879)≤109.2282.9375.31<0.001
Low limb strength_ flexion (nm)7.900.829 (0.794∼0.861)≤61.7280.4975.94<0.001
Sit-to-stand (rep.)7.500.714 (0.674∼0.753)≤1248.7283.58<0.001
TUG (sec.)7.610.763 (0.725∼0.798)>6.36771.4370.00<0.001
6 min walk (m)6.510.707 (0.655∼0.755)≤388.340.9193.350.019
Women
Arm curl (rep.)12.470.715 (0.684~0.744)≤1460.3671.50<0.001
Low limb strength extension (nm)9.970.728 (0.695~0.760)≤76.0486.4956.74<0.001
Low limb strength flexion (nm)9.970.793 (0.762∼0.821)≤37.7486.4964.67<0.001
Sit-to-stand (rep.)12.00.676 (0.641∼0.710)≤1469.6661.81<0.001
TUG (sec.)11.90.702 (0.669∼0.733)>6.68768.3761.29<0.001
6 min walk (m)7.460.793 (0.746∼0.835)≤402.868.0082.900.019