The trends were similar between males (63.9% [n = 23/37] vs. 34.2% [n = 13/38]; P = 0.020) and females (51.2% [n = 21/41] vs. 19.1% [n = 21/110]; P < 0.001), respectively, when sarcopenia was defined as SMA/height2. Here, SMN1 is linked to sarcopenia.