Table 4.

Sensitivity analysis of DDS with possible sarcopenia.

Variables	Quartiles of DDS				P trend
	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
Total DDS	1.00	1.01 (0.84–1.23)	0.84 (0.72–0.98)*	0.63 (0.51–0.77)*	< 0.001
Animal-based DDS	1.00	0.91 (0.76–1.08)	0.80 (0.68–0.94)*	0.62 (0.49–0.79)*	< 0.001
Plant-based DDS	1.00	0.81 (0.69–0.96)*	0.75 (0.63–0.89)*	0.65 (0.52–0.82)*	< 0.001
Plant-based# DDS	1.00	0.91 (0.72–1.14)	0.81 (0.64–1.02)	0.81 (0.57–1.14)	0.043

The results were based on Model 4 by removing participants who were long-term bedridden, had Alzheimer's disease, or were terminally ill; Model 4: Adjusted for age, household income, education level, marital status, pre-retirement occupation, physical activities, smoking, drinking, BMI, waist circumference, vitamin D3, and albumin; DDS, dietary diversity score.

^#A plant-based diet without legume products and nuts.

^*p < 0.05.