Table 5.
Associations between nutrient intake (nutrient risk variable) and the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH)-defined sarcopenia*
| Model 1† | Model 2† | Model 3† | Model 4† | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sarcopenia | Sarcopenia | Sarcopenia | Sarcopenia | |||||||||
| OR | 95 % Cl | P value | OR | 95 % Cl | P value | OR | 95 % Cl | P value | OR | 95 % Cl | P value | |
| Nutrient risk variable (Meeting ≤ 9 nutrients) Reference category: Meeting ≥ 10 nutrients |
2·21 | 1·31, 3·72 | 0·003 | 2·01 | 1·18, 3·41 | 0·01 | 2·09 | 1·18, 3·70 | 0·01 | 2·07 | 1·16, 3·67 | 0·01 |
*
Reference category: Non-sarcopenia.
†
Model 1: unadjusted; model 2: adjusted by age; model 3: adjusted by same variables as model 2 plus BMI, marital status, living arrangement, income, smoking status, MMSE score, alcohol intake, SRH, meal service, able to shop for groceries, meal preparation, no. of co-morbidities and PASE; model 4: adjusted by same variables as model 3 plus energy.