Table 4.

Adjusted ORs (95% CI) of sarcopenia by individual component of CVH metrics

Variable	OR*	95% CI	P value	P for trend
Smoking status
Poor	1 (Ref)	1 (Ref)	NA	0.201
Intermediate	0.84	0.33 to 2.12	0.706
Ideal	1.25	0.87 to 1.80	0.223
Body mass index
Poor	1 (Ref)	1 (Ref)	NA	<0.001
Intermediate	0.21	0.16 to 0.29	<0.001
Ideal	0.08	0.05 to 0.13	<0.001
Healthy diet score
Poor	1 (Ref)	1 (Ref)	NA	0.005
Intermediate	0.66	0.46 to 0.93	0.019
Ideal	0.18	0.06 to 0.54	0.003
Total cholesterol
Poor	1 (Ref)	1 (Ref)	NA	0.054
Intermediate	0.91	0.62 to 1.36	0.650
Ideal	0.68	0.45 to 1.03	0.069
Glycated haemoglobin A1c
Poor	1 (Ref)	1 (Ref)	NA	<0.001
Intermediate	0.37	0.21 to 0.63	0.001
Ideal	0.28	0.14 to 0.36	< 0.001
Physical activity
Poor	1 (Ref)	1 (Ref)	NA	0.401
Intermediate	0.93	0.56 to 1.54	0.774
Ideal	0.89	0.67 to 1.18	0.402
Blood pressure
Poor	1 (Ref)	1 (Ref)	NA	<0.001
Intermediate	0.62	0.43 to 0.89	0.010
Ideal	0.37	0.26 to 0.52	<0.001

*Analyses were adjusted for age, sex, race/ethnicity, education level, alcohol use, congestive heart failure, coronary heart disease, angina and cancer.

CVH, cardiovascular health; NA, Not Applicable.