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. 2017 Jul 19;8(5):713–726. doi: 10.1002/jcsm.12213

Table 7.

Logistic regression analysis to predict presence of low appendicular lean tissue using the optimized five‐site protocol

Model development Log odds: low lean tissue Odds ratio [95% CI] Validation fold c‐index [95% CI]
Five site Sex (women = 1) Age
Folds 1 + 2 13.209 − (1.157*X2) − (3.415*X3) − (0.0217*X4) 0.31 [0.15, 0.67] 0.03 [0.00, 0.86] 0.98 [0.94, 1.02] 3 0.96 [0.89, 1.00]
Folds 1 + 3 17.914 − (1.554*X2) − (4.380*X3) − (0.0355*X4) 0.21 [0.08, 0.57] 0.01 [0.00, 0.50] 0.97 [0.92, 1.02] 2 0.85 [0.71, 0.99]
Folds 2 + 3 16.431 − (1.431*X2) − (4.198*X3) − (0.0275*X4) 0.24 [0.10, 0.60] 0.02 [0.00, 0.65] 0.97 [0.93, 1.02] 1 0.87 [0.74, 1.00]
Average 15.851 − (1.381*X2) − (3.998*X3) − (0.0282*X4) 0.26 [0.11, 0.61] 0.02 [0.00, 0.67] 0.97 [0.93, 1.02] 0.89 [0.78, 1.00]

X2 = five‐site muscle thickness (average four‐site muscle thickness + anterior upper arm muscle thickness) × height (cm × m), X3 = sex (male = 0, female = 1), X4 = age (years). c‐index, concordance index; CI, confidence interval.