Table 4.

Studies Assessing Prevalence of Sarcopenia Among the Indian Population.

Reference, first author (year)ref Duration Study Group Study Type Criteria Applied Results
Rao et al. (2025)17 2017–2018 Community-dwelling adults aged 60 and above Cross-sectional, observational AWGS 2019 Sarcopenia: 43.6%
Severe sarcopenia: 19.4%
Rahman et al. (2021)18 2015–2016 Participants, aged 60 years and above, attending the geriatric outpatient clinic Cross-sectional EWGSOP 2010 Sarcopenia: 39.2%
Bhat et al. (2024)19 2020–2023 All individuals above 40 years of age Cross-sectional AWGS 2019 Sarcopenia: 10%
Severe sarcopenia: 4.2%
Pal et al. (2020)20 2016–2019 Healthy individuals from the community aged 20 years and above Cross-sectional, observational EWGSOP 2 criteria Probable sarcopenia: 14.6%
Sarcopenia: 3.2%
Severe sarcopenia: 2.3%

AWGS, Asian Working Group for Sarcopenia; EWGSOP, European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older People.

RMMJ Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal Rambam Health Care Campus 2025; 16(4): e0019. ISSN: 2076-9172
Published online 2025 October 31. doi: 10.5041/RMMJ.10554