Table 4.

Relationship between sarcopenia and physical inactivity, according to multiple regression models

Study	Sex	N	Variable	Multiple logistic regression models adjusted for	Status	OR (95% CI)
Atkins et al61	Males	4,252	Physically inactive	Age	–	1.43 (1.15–1.76)*
Dutra et al48	Females	173	Sedentary	Crude	vs active	2.96 (1.23–7.12)*
Lau et al51	Males	262	Regular exercise	Age	No vs yes	1.51 (0.68–3.38)
	Females	265	Regular exercise	Age	No vs yes	1.10 (0.40–3.00)
Lin et al52	Together	761	Exercise	Crude	No vs yes	3.09 (1.98–4.82)*
			Exercise	Age, sex, marital status, regular exercise habits, comorbidity status	No vs yes	2.70 (1.66–4.41)*
Martinez et al53	Together	110	Physical activity less than 2× per week	Unclear		3.40 (1.10–10.90)*
Silva Alexandre et al56	Together	1,149	Sedentary lifestyle	Unclear	vs active lifestyle	0.66 (0.42–1.06)
Tramontano et al57	Together	222	Low physical activity levels	Unclear	Recommended physical activity levels	3.80 (1.30–10.90)*

Note:

^*Statistically significant.

Abbreviations: OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval.