Table 5.

Associations of various lifestyle factors with sarcopenic obesity^* among Korean elderly population

The data were analyzed by logistic regression. ^*Sarcopenic obesity in Koreans is defined as appendicular skeletal muscle mass divided by body weight (%) more than 2 SD below sex-specific young normal mean and waist circumference greater than the Korean abdominal obesity criteria (waist circumference ≥ 90 cm in men and ≥ 85 cm in women) from the Fourth Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey; ^†Values are presented as prevalence odds ratio (95% confidential interval) with adjustment for age; ^‡P value < 0.05.