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Table 2.

Risk factors related to different sarcopenia groups

Factors	Possible sarcopenia (n = 88)				Diagnosed sarcopenia (n = 142)				Severe sarcopenia (n = 136)
Factors	β	OR	95% CI	p-value	β	OR	95% CI	p-value	β	OR	95% CI	p-value
Age^a	-9.47	1.10	1.06–1.13	p < 0.001	-6.68	1.06	1.03–1.09	p < 0.001	-29.44	1.40	1.34–1.47	p < 0.001
Sex
Female	-2.66	1.19	0.76–1.85	0.45	-2.03	0.91	0.64–1.29	0.60	-2.13	1.00	0.70–1.44	0.98
Male^b		1
Household income
≤ 3000	0.86	2.36	0.81–6.87	0.12	-0.48	0.62	0.33–1.14	0.12	0.40	0.78	0.44–1.40	0.40
3000–6000	0.73	2.07	0.73–5.82	0.17	-0.29	0.75	0.43–1.29	0.29	0.04	0.57	0.33–0.98	0.04*
≥ 6000^b		1
Education level
Primary school or below	1.20	3.32	1.09–10.07	0.03*	-0.64	0.53	0.23–1.23	0.14	-0.37	0.69	0.34–1.43	0.32
Middle or senior high school	0.75	2.11	0.76–5.91	0.15	0.08	1.08	0.60–1.94	0.80	-0.25	0.78	0.45–1.34	0.37
University level or above^b		1				1				1
Drinking
No		2.45	0.88–6.80	0.09		1.07	0.60–1.91	0.83		1.10	0.60–2.02	0.75
Yes^b		1				1				1
Smoking status
Non-smoker		1.23	0.69–2.19	0.48		0.95	0.62–1.45	0.79		1.31	0.81–2.12	0.27
Yes^b		1				1				1
Chronic diseases
No	26	1.36	0.85–2.20	0.20	24	0.66	0.43–1.05	0.08	13	0.34	0.19–0.62	P < 0.001
Yes^b	62	1			118				123
Physical activity score^a	-0.01	0.99	0.94–1.06	0.93	-0.23	0.80	0.74–0.85	p < 0.01*	-0.62	0.54	0.47–0.61	p < 0.001

OR Odds ratio, CI Confidence interval

^aNon-sarcopenia group was the reference

^bThe variable was the reference

^*The p-values were calculated using the chi-square test for categorical variables and using the Kruskal–Wallis H-test for continuous variables