Table 2.

Linear regression results of associations between CVD and MQI.total. Model 1 was analyzed without covariate adjusted; Model 2 adjusted with physical activity, Model 3 adjusted with sex, age, ethnicity, and physical activity; Model 4 was further adjusted with hypertension, diabetes, smoking status, alcohol use, educational level, poverty-income ratio (PIR), and body mass index (BMI), and daily sitting time. CVD, cardiovascular disease. BMI, body mass index. MQI.total, whole-body muscle quality index. CI, confidence interval. PIR, poverty-income ratio

	Model 1 Estimate (95% CI)	P value	Model 2 Estimate (95% CI)	P value	Model 3 Estimate (95% CI)	P value	Model 4 Estimate (95% CI)	P value
CVD
No	Ref		Ref		Ref		Ref
Yes	-0.28 (-0.40, -0.17)	< 0.0001	-0.21(-0.31, -0.12)	< 0.0001	-0.15 (-0.24, -0.06)	0.002	-0.09 (-0.20, -0.02)	0.09