Table 3.

Association between sarcopenia and all‐cause mortality, stratified by obesity status

Obesity strata	Hazard ratio (95% confidence interval)
	Model 1a	P	Model 2b	P	Model 3c	P
General obesity (body mass index)
Non‐obese	2.08 (1.83–2.37)	<.001	1.46 (1.29–1.65)	<.001	1.29 (1.13–1.48)	<.001
Obese	1.76 (1.31–2.37)	<.001	1.28 (0.93–1.76)	.124	1.29 (0.88–1.89)	.197
Abdominal obesity (waist circumference)
Non‐obese	2.07 (1.74–2.47)	<.001	1.44 (1.21–1.71)	<.001	1.20 (1.01–1.45)	.044
Obese	1.96 (1.66–2.31)	<.001	1.39 (1.19–1.62)	<.001	1.45 (1.22–1.72)	<.001

^aModel 1 is unadjusted (crude).

^bModel 2 is adjusted for age and sex.

^cModel 3 is adjusted for age, sex, race, education, smoking status, hypertension, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, asthma, cancer, arthritis, heart attack, stroke, and heart failure, hospitalization, self‐rated health, healthy eating index, albumin, c‐reactive protein, glycated haemoglobin, insulin (log‐transformed), glucose (log‐transformed), creatinine, and weekly bouts of walking.