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. 2015 Apr 27;6(3):242–252. doi: 10.1002/jcsm.12030

Table 5.

Association between baseline hormones and incident sarcopenia

Incident sarcopenia by IWGS
Incident sarcopenia by EWGSOP
OR (95%CI)
Unadjusted Adjusteda Unadjusted Adjusteda
Total T (per SD) 1.54 (0.97, 2.44) 1.41 (0.80, 2.47) 0.75 (0.34, 1.68) 0.78 (0.31, 1.95)
Free T(per SD) 0.82 (0.48, 1.37) 1.19 (0.58, 2.45) 0.46 (0.22, 0.96)* 0.69 (0.24, 1.97)
Total E2 (per SD) 0.86 (0.50, 1.49) 0.98 (0.53, 1.80) 1.06 (0.52, 2.18) 1.11 (0.47, 2.64)
Free E2 (per SD) 0.58 (0.31, 1.08) 0.83 (0.43, 1.62) 0.86 (0.40, 1.88) 1.06 (0.46, 2.47)
SHBG (per SD) 1.78 (1.28, 2.48)** 1.62 (1.00, 2.64) 1.50 (0.97, 2.34) 1.25 (0.61, 2.56)
IGF-1 (per SD) 0.78 (0.44, 1.38) 0.89 (0.49, 1.63) 0.26 (0.09, 0.76)* 0.29 (0.07, 1.18)
25OHD (per SD) 1.80 (1.11, 2.92)* 1.60 (0.95, 2.72) 2.08 (1.12, 3.84)* 1.91 (0.91, 4.01)
1.25(OH)2D (per SD) 0.98 (0.50, 1.92) 0.62 (0.25, 1.53) 1.69 (0.62, 4.62) 1.75 (0.50, 6.06)
PTH (per SD) 0.76 (0.42, 1.35) 0.80 (0.40, 1.60) 0.79 (0.35, 1.81) 0.98 (0.40, 2.38)

BMI, body mass index; CI, confidence interval; E, oestradiol; EWGSOP, European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older People; IGF-1, insulin-like growth factor-1; IWGS, International Working Group on Sarcopenia; OR, odds ratio; PTH, parathyroid hormone; SD, standard deviation; SHBG, sex hormone-binding globulin; T, testosterone; 1.25(OH)2D, 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D; 25OHD, 25-hydroxyvitamin D.

*

P < 0.05.

**

P < 0.01.

***P < 0.001.

a

Adjusted for age, centre, BMI, smoking, and number of comorbidities.