biostudies-literatureUnknown14Lu LShanghai Municipal Health CommissionNational Natural Science Foundation of China<h4>Objectives</h4>The aim of the present study was to explore the prevalence and risk factors of sarcopenia without obesity (S) and sarcopenic obesity (SO) among community-dwelling older people in the Chongming District of Shanghai, China, according to the Asian Working Group for Sarcopenia (AWGS) 2019 Consensus as the diagnostic criteria of sarcopenia.<h4>Methods</h4>In this cross-sectional study, a total of 1,407 subjects aged ≥65 years were included, where the mean age of the subjects was 71.91 ± 5.59 years and their mean body mass index (BMI) was 24.65 ± 3.32 kg/m². According to the Asian Working Group for Sarcopenia (AWGS) 2019 Consensus, sarcopenia was defined as a low appendicular skeletal muscle mass index (≤7.0 kg/m² in males and ≤5.7 kg/m² in femFrontiers in aging neuroscience1034542https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9807613biostudies-literaturePrevalence and risk factors of sarcopenia without obesity and sarcopenic obesity among Chinese community older people in suburban area of Shanghai: A cross-sectional study.PMC9807613Lu LChen NZhuang MHe XSong YWu XfalsePrevalence and risk factors of sarcopenia without obesity and sarcopenic obesity among Chinese community older people in suburban area of Shanghai: A cross-sectional study.<h4>Objectives</h4>The aim of the present study was to explore the prevalence and risk factors of sarcopenia without obesity (S) and sarcopenic obesity (SO) among community-dwelling older people in the Chongming District of Shanghai, China, according to the Asian Working Group for Sarcopenia (AWGS) 2019 Consensus as the diagnostic criteria of sarcopenia.<h4>Methods</h4>In this cross-sectional study, a total of 1,407 subjects aged ≥65 years were included, where the mean age of the subjects was 71.91 ± 5.59 years and their mean body mass index (BMI) was 24.65 ± 3.32 kg/m². According to the Asian Working Group for Sarcopenia (AWGS) 2019 Consensus, sarcopenia was defined as a low appendicular skeletal muscle mass index (≤7.0 kg/m² in males and ≤5.7 kg/m² in fem2022-01-01T00:00:00Z20222025-04-04T13:52:44.459Z2025-04-04T13:52:44.459ZS-EPMC98076133660536010.3389/fnagi.2022.1034542