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. 2022 Dec 5;22:937. doi: 10.1186/s12877-022-03643-x

Table 3.

Logistic regression analysis of obesity defined by BMI for sarcopenia parameters according to sex

Characteristica Unadjusted model Fully adjusted model
Men Women Men Women
OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI)
Muscle strength Low HGS 1.856 (0.888-3.882) 0.797 (0.449-1.416) 1.891 (0.836-4.274) 0.895 (0.489-1.639)
Muscle mass Low ASMI 0.364** (0.235-0.563) 0.326** (0.204-0.521) 0.344** (0.213-0.555) 0.289** (0.174-0.480)
Physical performance Low SPPB 1.363 (0.689-2.695) 0.994 (0.629-1.573) 1.515 (0.731-3.140) 0.983 (0.604 -1.600)
Sarcopeniab 0.726 (0.325-1.621) 0.160** (0.054-0.472) 0.734 (0.300-1.795) 0.152** (0.048-0.483)

The fully adjusted model was adjusted for age, hypertension, dyslipidemia, osteoarthritis, osteoporosis, diabetes mellitus, smoking history, alcohol history, location of residence, family group, number of medications, and the MMSE-KC score

Obesity defined as BMI ≥ 25 kg/m2

PBF percentage of body fat, OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval, HGS hand grip strength, ASMI appendicular skeletal muscle mass index, SPPB short physical performance battery

aLow HGS, < 28 kg for males and < 18 kg for females; low ASMI, < 7.0 kg/m2 for males and < 5.4 kg/m2 for females; low SPPB, score ≤ 9 for both sexes

bSarcopenia: low ASMI (< 7.0 kg/m2 for men and < 5.4 kg/m2 for women) and either low HGS (< 28 kg for men and < 18 kg for women) or low physical performance (SPPB score ≤ 9 for both sexes)

*P < 0.05

**P < 0.001