Table 2.
Cross‐sectional associations of flexibility with low muscle mass, low muscle strength and sarcopenia (n = 9453)
| Outcomes | Per SD increase in flexibility | Low flexibility | Middle flexibility | High flexibility | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OR (95% CI) | P | OR (95% CI) | P | OR (95% CI) | P | OR (95% CI) | P | |
| Low muscle mass | 0.77 (0.73, 0.82) | <0.001 | 1.00 (reference) | / | 0.79 (0.69, 0.92) | 0.002 | 0.58 (0.50, 0.68) | <0.001 |
| Low muscle strength | 0.80 (0.77, 0.84) | <0.001 | 1.00 (reference) | / | 0.91 (0.81, 1.01) | 0.084 | 0.62 (0.55, 0.69) | <0.001 |
| Sarcopenia | 0.74 (0.67, 0.80) | <0.001 | 1.00 (reference) | / | 0.82 (0.67, 1.00) | 0.051 | 0.52 (0.41, 0.65) | <0.001 |
Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; OR, odds ratio; SD, standard deviation.
Note: Adjusted for age groups, sex, residential area, fat mass index categories, education levels, physical activity, drinking status, smoking status, diabetes, hypertension, hypertriglyceridaemia and low high‐density lipoprotein.