Table 3.

Proportional Hazard Models for 15y Mortality Risk According to Sarcopenia

Variables	Model 1	Model 2	Model 3	Model 4	Model 5
	HR	HR	HR	HR	HR
	95% CI	95% CI	95% CI	95% CI	95% CI
Pre-sarcopenia	1.83	1.33	1.33	1.35	1.35
	1.46–2.28	1.06–1.67	1.02–1.74	1.03–1.78	1.03–1.78
Sarcopenia	2.31	1.41	1.42	1.41	1.39
	1.87–2.86	1.13–1.76	1.08–1.85	1.08–1.84	1.07–1.82
Groups of age
70–79 years		3.42	3.49	3.50	3.35
		2.77–4.24	2.81–4.33	2.81–4.35	2.70–4.18
80+ years		8.07	8.06	7.95	7.65
		6.30–10.35	6.23–10.42	6.13–10.30	5.90–9.93
Female		0.61	0.62	0.62	0.62
		0.50–0.73	0.51–0.75	0.51–0.75	0.51–0.76
Obese			1.06	1.04	1.02
			0.82–1.37	0.80–1.35	0.79–1.33
Physical activity
1–4				0.85	0.85
				0.67–1.08	0.67–1.08
5+				0.09	0.09
				0.01–0.63	0.01–0.62
Number of chronic diseases
1				0.93	0.93
				0.70–1.24	0.70–1.24
2				0.97	0.98
				0.72–1.30	0.73–1.32
3+				0.93	0.94
				0.69–1.25	0.70–1.27
Current Smoker					1.22
					0.90–1.64
Past Smoker					1.12
					0.91–1.37

Notes: Reference category of independent variables: non-sarcopenia; 60–69 years; men; non-obese; sedentary; 0 chronic disease; never smoker.

Abbreviations: HR, hazard ratio; CI, confidence interval.