Table 4. Unadjusted and adjusted odds ratios (ORs) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) of having low muscle mass only, visceral obesity only and combined low muscle mass and visceral obesity by quartiles of CRF (mL/kg/min) adjusting for potential compounding factors.
| Quartiles of CRF (mL/kg/min) | ||||||
| Low muscle mass | Q4 (highest) | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 (lowest) | P for trend | |
| Unadjusted | 1 | 1.55 (0.79, 3.07) | 2.47 (1.26, 4.85) | 4.82 (2.40, 9.68) | <0.001 | |
| Model 1 | 1 | 1.63 (0.80, 3.33) | 2.58 (1.25, 5.33) | 4.58 (2.09, 10.02) | <0.001 | |
| Model 2 | 1 | 2.03 (0.93, 4.45) | 2.90 (1.30, 6.45) | 5.55 (2.35, 13.12) | <0.001 | |
| Model 3 | 1 | 1.80 (0.75, 4.35) | 2.06 (0.86, 4.96) | 4.98 (1.91, 12.99) | 0.001 | |
| Visceral Obesity | ||||||
| Unadjusted | 1 | 1.87 (0.81, 4.30) | 2.74 (1.23, 6.11) | 3.70 (1.67, 8.21) | 0.001 | |
| Model 1 | 1 | 2.12 (0.86, 5.22) | 3.49 (1.42, 8.56) | 4.60 (1.80, 11.74) | 0.001 | |
| Model 2 | 1 | 2.08 (0.68, 6.40) | 4.18 (1.43, 12.24) | 5.36 (1.69, 17.01) | 0.002 | |
| Model 3 | 1 | 2.10 (0.52, 8.40) | 4.26 (1.11, 16.41) | 6.48 (1.56, 26.89) | 0.004 | |
| Combined low muscle mass and visceral obesity | ||||||
| Unadjusted | 1 | 2.07 (0.78, 5.53) | 2.23 (0.84, 5.89) | 3.74 (1.47, 9.50) | 0.006 | |
| Model 1 | 1 | 2.36 (0.82, 6.80) | 2.99 (1.02, 8.74) | 5.99 (1.97, 18.18) | 0.002 | |
| Model 2 | 1 | 3.60 (0.97, 13.33) | 4.69 (1.29, 16.98) | 10.54 (2.66 41.73) | 0.001 | |
| Model 3 | 1 | 7.63 (1.18, 49.47) | 7.50 (1.19, 47.45) | 31.46 (4.31, 229.68) | 0.001 | |
Model 1: adjusted for age and sex.
Model 2: adjusted for age, sex, smoking status, and alcohol consumption, systolic and diastolic blood pressure, total cholesterol, HDL-cholesterol, triglycerides, fasting plasma glucose.
Model 3: adjusted for age, sex, smoking status, and alcohol consumption, systolic and diastolic blood pressure, total cholesterol, HDL-cholesterol, triglycerides, fasting plasma glucose, HOMA-IR, hsCRP, interleukin-6, TNF-α, and leptin.