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. 2021 Jan 19;21:69. doi: 10.1186/s12877-021-02022-2

Table 2.

Osteosarcopenia prevalence according to general characteristics

Variables Normal Only Osteopenia Only Sarcopenia Osteo-sarcopenia p- value
N (%) N (%) N (%) N (%)
Total 301 34.0 298 33.7 116 13.1 170 19.2
Sex Male 172 57.1 75 25.2 26 22.4 18 10.6 <0.001
Female 129 42.9 223 74.8 90 77.6 152 89.4
OR (female/male) OR=1 OR=4.0 (p<0.001) OR=4.6 (p<0.001) OR=11.3 (p<0.001)
Age (years) mean±SD 68.2±5.1 68.8±5.9 73.1±5.5 75.0±5.8 <0.001
OR (unit: years) OR=1 OR=1.0 (p=0.192) OR=1.2 (p<0.001) OR=1.2 (p<0.001)
Spouse Yes 241 80.1 193 64.8 54 46.6 73 42.9 <0.001
No 60 19.9 105 35.2 62 53.4 97 57.1
OR (no/yes) OR=1 OR=2.2 (p<0.001) OR=4.6 (p<0.001) OR=5.3 (p<0.001)
Economic status Low 76 25.3 87 29.2 45 38.8 60 35.3 0.002
Middle 153 50.8 168 56.4 56 48.3 88 51.8
High 72 23.9 43 14.4 15 12.9 22 12.9
OR (middle/low) OR=1 OR=1.0 (p=0.090) OR=0.6 (p=0.858) OR=0.7 (p=0.431)
OR (high/low) OR=1 OR=0.5 (p=0.004) OR=0.4 (p=0.009) OR=0.4 (p=0.003)
Smoking No 272 90.4 286 96.0 114 98.3 166 97.6 <0.001
Yes 29 9.6 12 4.0 2 1.7 4 2.4
OR (yes/no) OR=1 OR=0.9 (p=0.588) OR=0.3 (p=0.053) OR=0.6 (p=0.194)
Hypertension No 141 46.8 178 59.7 46 39.7 73 42.9 <0.001
Yes 160 53.2 120 40.3 70 60.3 97 57.1
OR (yes/no) OR=1 OR=0.6 (p=0.160) OR=1.3 (p=0.187) OR=1.2 (p=0.414)