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Table 3 Prevalence of low tongue pressure

From: Low tongue pressure in peritoneal dialysis patients as a risk factor for malnutrition and sarcopenia: a cross-sectional study

 

All patients

Elderly patients

Sarcopenic patients

Male

36 (77), 46.8%

26 (45), 57.8%

8 (9), 88.9%

Female

22 (28), 78.6%

15 (19), 78.9%

4 (5), 80.0%

All

58 (105), 55.2%

41 (63), 64.1%

12 (14), 85.7%

  1. Values expressed as number of low tongue pressure patients (all patients), prevalence rate of low tongue pressure in all patients, elderly patients aged 65 years and over, and patients with sarcopenia