Table 2.

Adjusted ORs for sarcopenia according to age group.

		Univariate				Multivariate
		Age <50		Age ≥ 50		Age <50		Age ≥ 50
		OR	P-value	OR	P-value	OR	P-value	OR	P-value
Age	M	1.025	0.001	1.045	<0.0001	1.013	0.096	1.026	<0.0001
	F	1.029	<0.0001	1.019	<0.0001	1.029	<0.0001	1.006	0.132
Abdominal obesity	M	5.769	<0.0001	5.074	<0.0001	5.460	<0.0001	5.111	<0.0001
	F	5.546	<0.0001	3.893	<0.0001	5.460	<0.0001	3.586	<0.0001
Protein (1 g/kg/day)	M	0.530	<0.0001	0.419	<0.0001	0.396	<0.0001	0.434	<0.0001
	F	0.476	<0.0001	0.548	<0.0001	0.325	<0.0001	0.523	<0.0001
Carbohydrate (100 g)	M	0.843	0.001	0.774	<0.0001	0.818	0.008	0.867	0.032
	F	0.826	<0.0001	0.822	<0.0001	0.744	0.004	0.707	<0.0001
Intake:BMR ratio (0.5)	M	0.780	<0.0001	0.656	<0.0001	0.654†	0.001	0.477†	<0.0001
	F	0.776	<0.0001	0.765	<0.0001	0.508†	<0.0001	0.367†	<0.0001
Strength exercise	M	0.604	<0.0001	0.805	0.020	0.651	0.001	0.928	0.455
	F	0.984	0.902	0.755	0.011	0.958	0.751	0.852	0.159
Flexibility exercise	M	0.725	0.008	0.880	0.137	0.740	0.015	0.936	0.475
	F	0.885	0.233	0.869	0.050	0.860	0.143	0.951	0.500
MET-h/week (14)	M	0.954	0.001	0.944	<0.0001	0.956	0.002	0.958	<0.0001
	F	0.995	0.645	0.974	<0.0001	0.990	0.372	0.982	0.010

Univariate: no adjustment.

Multivariate: adjusted for metabolic disease (HTN, DM, CCVD), lifestyle factor (smoking, drinking), total energy intake, physical activity (MET-h/week), age.

^†adjusted for metabolic disease (HTN, DM, CCVD, age), lifestyle factor (smoking, drinking), carbohydrate intake, protein intake, age.

CCVD, cardio-cerebrovascular disease; DM, diabetes mellitus; HTN, hypertension; OR, odds ratio.