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. 2013 Jul 26;4(3):225–229. doi: 10.1007/s13539-013-0112-z

Table 2.

Association of percent change in muscle mass and fat mass with cognitive dysfunction

Variables Adjusted model OR (95 % CI) p value
For OR For trend
Age (year) <80 Ref
≥80 3.10 (1.07–8.87) 0.04
Gait speed (m s−1) >0.8 Ref
≤0.8 2.21 (0.79–6.18) 0.13
7-year difference in BMI 0.80 (0.59–1.08) 0.14
Tertiles of percentage change in MMI (%) −37.3 to −9.1 2.08 (0.56–7.71) 0.27 0.18
−9.2 to −3.9 1.07 (0.27–4.20) 0.93
−3.8 to 19.4 Ref
Tertiles of percentage change in FMI (%) −71.5 to −9.8 1.66 (0.34–8.23) 0.54 0.18
−9.5 to 3.6 2.72 (0.64–11.67) 0.18
3.8 to 144.5 Ref

OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval, MMI muscle mass index (in kilograms/squared height), FMI fat mass index (in kilograms/squared height), BMI body mass index (in kilograms/squared height)