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. 2022 Jun 30;9:881121. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2022.881121

Table 4.

Association between 10-year all-cause mortality and body mass index (BMI) category stratified by possible sarcopenia severity for all study participants, and compared between male and female Thai older adults who participated in the 4th Thai National Health Examination Survey (NHES-IV) (N = 8,195).

BMI categories Possible sarcopenia severity Total participants Male Female
Unadjusted Adjusted* Unadjusted Adjusted* Unadjusted Adjusted*
Underweight
(BMI <18.5)
Severe 6.82
(4.92–9.47)
3.98
(2.89–5.48)
8.05
(5.00–12.98)
5.35
(1.19–8.97)
5.64
(3.76–8.48)
3.12
(2.06–4.72)
Moderate 4.09
(2.94–5.67)
2.97
(2.13–4.14)
4.36
(2.95–6.47)
3.35
(2.27–4.95)
3.83
(2.34–6.26)
2.81
(1.75–4.53)
Mild 2.83
(1.83–4.38)
2.72
(1.75–4.23)
3.03
(1.70–5.38)
3.08
(1.69–5.64)
2.70
(1.54–4.73)
2.56
(1.46–4.48)
None 0.76
(0.40–1.47)
0.78
(0.41–1.51)
0.63
(0.26–1.54)
0.65
(0.27–1.58)
0.85
(0.39–1.89)
0.92
(0.43–2.01)
Normal weight
(BMI 18.5–22.9)
Severe 3.73
(2.71–5.13)
2.18
(1.59–3.00)
4.23
(2.95–6.05)
2.74
(1.86–4.04)
3.22
(1.99–5.19)
1.79
(1.11–2.86)
Moderate 2.79
(1.92–4.05)
1.99
(1.40–2.82)
3.20
(1.97–5.21)
2.37
(1.46–3.85)
2.31
(1.42–3.76)
1.64
(1.02–2.64)
Mild 1.85
(1.33–2.57)
1.50
(1.10–2.03)
2.12
(1.46–3.04)
1.77
(1.21–2.59)
1.58
(0.91–2.73)
1.28
(0.75–2.18)
None 1.00
(Reference)
1.00
(Reference)
1.00
(Reference)
1.00
(Reference)
1.00
(Reference)
1.00
(Reference)
Overweight
(BMI 23.0–24.9)
Severe 3.45
(2.34–5.09)
2.05
(1.39–3.02)
4.36
(2.83–6.72)
2.45
(1.49–4.05)
2.85
(1.73–4.70)
1.89
(1.15–3.10)
Moderate 2.21
(1.64–2.97)
1.58
(1.19–2.10)
3.13
(2.22–4.45)
2.13
(1.49–3.06)
1.44
(0.86–2.40)
1.13
(0.67–1.89)
Mild 1.38
(0.91–2.12)
1.17
(0.77–1.78)
1.58
(0.82–3.02)
1.26
(0.66–2.40)
1.20
(0.67–2.15)
1.06
(0.59–1.89)
None 1.63
(0.81–3.29)
1.48
(0.74–2.96)
2.85
(1.30–6.25)
2.44
(1.09–5.44)
0.67
(0.31–1.42)
0.65
(0.30–1.39)
Obesity
(BMI > 25.0)
Severe 3.45
(2.45–4.85)
1.98
(1.41–2.79)
5.60
(3.67–8.54)
2.68
(1.70–4.24)
2.64
(1.65–4.25)
1.76
(1.10–2.81)
Moderate 2.20
(1.56–3.11)
1.53
(1.10–2.79)
3.80
(2.20–6.58)
2.20
(1.35–3.58)
1.61
(1.08–2.42)
1.26
(0.83–1.90)
Mild 1.23
(0.87–1.74)
1.01
(0.71–1.42)
1.85
(1.16–2.96)
1.26
(0.79–1.99)
0.99
(0.64–1.53)
0.91
(0.58–1.41)
None 0.87
(0.59–1.29)
0.77
(0.52–1.14)
0.82
(0.53–1.26)
0.61
(0.38–0.97)
1.01
(0.51–1.62)
0.98
(0.55–1.73)

*Adjusted by age, residential area, diabetes, chronic kidney disease, cardiovascular disease, cerebrovascular disease, history of smoke.