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This study investigated the prevalence of sarcopenia, severe sarcopenia, and functional sarcopenia using the KWGS criteria and their association with fall risk by sex and fall frequency. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional analysis was conducted using data from 2061 community-dwelling Korean adults aged 70\u201384 years who participated in the Korean Frailty and Aging cohort study. Sarcopenia was classified based on muscle mass, grip strength, and four physical performance tests. Fall experiences in the past year were categorized as \u22651, \u22652, and \u22654 falls. Logistic regression analyses were performed separately according to sex to evaluate the association between sarcopenia definition and fall risk. Results: The prevalence of sarcopenia and severe sarcopenia was 32.9% and 10.1% in men and 21.5% and 5.0% in women, respectively. Functional sarcopenia was more prevalent in women (10.5%) than in men (5.1%). In men, sarcopenia (defined using gait speed) was associated with fall risk across all thresholds (odds ratio [OR] = 2.28 for \u22651 fall; OR = 5.64 for \u22654 falls). In women, sarcopenia (defined using gait speed) was associated with \u22651 fall (OR = 1.72), while functional sarcopenia (defined using gait speed and timed up-and-go test) was associated with frequent falls (OR = 3.79\u20133.87). Conclusions: The 2023 KWGS guidelines revealed sex-specific differences in the prevalence of sarcopenia and highlighted gait speed as a key predictor of fall risk in men, whereas functional sarcopenia was more prevalent in women. Limitations include the cross-sectional design and use of self-reported fall data, which may be subject to recall bias.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/medicina61061065","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,6,10]],"date-time":"2025-06-10T09:59:14Z","timestamp":1749549554000},"page":"1065","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Prevalence and Fall Risk of Sarcopenia Based on the 2023 Korean Working Group on Sarcopenia Criteria"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"61","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0001-9165-5365","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Minjung","family":"Kim","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul 03080, Republic of Korea"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1519-7945","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Seongmin","family":"Choi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam 13620, Republic of Korea"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1800-319X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Dong Hwan","family":"Yun","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Kyung Hee University Medical Center, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul 02447, Republic of Korea"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8368-4900","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Yunsoo","family":"Soh","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Kyung Hee University Medical Center, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul 02447, Republic of Korea"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6429-4461","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Chang Won","family":"Won","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Family Medicine, Kyung Hee University Medical Center, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul 02447, Republic of Korea"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,6,10]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"2636","DOI":"10.1016\/S0140-6736(19)31138-9","article-title":"Sarcopenia","volume":"393","author":"Sayer","year":"2019","journal-title":"Lancet"},{"key":"ref_2","first-page":"177","article-title":"Clinical definition of sarcopenia","volume":"11","author":"Santilli","year":"2014","journal-title":"Clin. 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