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. 2026 Sep 3;16:27560. doi: 10.1038/s41598-026-57340-5

Table 5.

Interaction of ACTN3 R577X and physical activity on sarcopenia stratified by sex.

Sarcopenia
components /Genotype
Men Women
Crude-OR
(95% CI)
p-value Adj- ORa
(95% CI)
p-value Interaction p-value Crude- OR
(95% CI)
p-value Adj- ORa
(95% CI)
p-value Interaction p-value
Sarcopenia b 0.093 0.794
RR + RX 0.46 (0.26 ~ 0.81) 0.031b 0.42 (0.18 ~ 0.95) 0.092 1.09 (0.63 ~ 1.89) 0.758 1.08 (0.59 ~ 1.97) 0.800
XX 0.32 (0.08 ~ 1.29) 0.110 0.30 (0.06 ~ 1.27) 0.109 0.77 (0.21 ~ 2.78) 0.687 0.53 (0.03 ~ 9.19) 0.660
Crude-β (95% CI) p-value Adj- βa (95% CI) p-value Interaction p-value Crude- β (95% CI) p-value Adj- βa (95% CI) p-value Interaction p-value
SMMI (Kg/m2) 0.153 0.388
RR + RX 0.12 (0.01 ~ 0.23) 0.045b 0.06 ( − 0.05 ~ 0.17) 0.282 0.01 ( − 0.08 ~ 0.09) 0.939 0.00 ( − 0.09 ~ 0.09) 0.996
XX 0.20 ( − 0.05 ~ 0.45) 0.105 0.24 ( − 0.00 ~ 0.49) 0.053  − 0.12 ( − 0.38 ~ 0.13) 0.335  − 0.14 ( − 0.38 ~ 0.11) 0.276
Grip strength (Kg) 0.528 0.588
RR + RX 1.54 (0.34 ~ 2.74) 0.007b 0.50 ( − 0.65 ~ 1.66) 0.270 0.79 (0.09 ~ 1.49) 0.023b 0.70 ( − 0.01 ~ 1.40) 0.066
XX  − 0.69 ( − 3.14 ~ 1.27) 0.571  − 0.48 ( − 2.88 ~ 1.92) 0.648 1.04 ( − 0.86 ~ 2.94) 0.285 1.55 ( − 0.34 ~ 3.44) 0.103
Gait speed (Meters/sec) 0.412 0.021b
RR + RX 0.11 (0.06 ~ 0.16) < 0.001b 0.08 (0.03 ~ 0.13) 0.001b 0.07 (0.03 ~ 0.11) < 0.001b 0.07 (0.03 ~ 0.10) 0.002b
XX 0.02 ( − 0.06 ~ 0.10) 0.596 0.04 ( − 0.03 ~ 0.10) 0.300  − 0.05 ( − 0.15 ~ 0.05) 0.286  − 0.06 ( − 0.16 ~ 0.04) 0.181
Five-time chair stand time (sec) 0.113 0.005b
RR + RX  − 1.39 ( − 2.08 ~ − 0.70) < 0.001b  − 1.31 ( − 1.94 ~ − 0.70) 0.008b  − 0.90 ( − 1.58 ~ − 0.21) < 0.001b  − 1.13 ( − 1.74 ~ − 0.54) 0.001b
XX 0.44 ( − 0.94 ~ 1.81) 0.524 1.14 ( − 0.55 ~ 2.82) 0.413 0.43 ( − 0.77 ~ 1.63) 0.182 1.33 ( − 0.40 ~ 3.06) 0.133

Physical activity was expressed as MET-minutes/week. Odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were expressed per 500 MET-minutes/week. Beta coefficients and 95% CIs were also expressed per 500 MET-minutes/week.

a All result of Adj-beta were adjusted by age, BMI.

b p < 0.05.