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Table 3 Logistic regression analysis of number of diseases with sarcopenia components

From: Correlational analysis of sarcopenia and multimorbidity among older inpatients

 

Unadjusted

  

Adjusted

  

OR

95% CI

p–value

OR

95% CI

p–value

Diseases number

      

low muscle mass

      

 2–3

1.00

  

1.00

  

 4–5

1.27

0.91–1.76

0.158

1.54

1.00–2.36

0.050

 ≥6

3.47

1.90–6.32

0.000

3.16

1.46–6.83

0.003

low muscle strength

      

 2–3

1.00

  

1.00

  

 4–5

2.05

1.45–2.90

0.000

2.52

1.71–3.71

0.000

 ≥6

4.18

2.16–8.10

0.000

3.86

1.85–8.04

0.000

low physical performance

      

 2–3

1.00

  

1.00

  

 4–5

1.07

0.77–1.49

0.684

1.06

0.73–1.53

0.780

 ≥6

2.03

1.15–3.60

0.015

1.69

0.88–3.23

0.115

  1. Adjusted: adjusted for age, education, marital status, BMI, ADL, nutritional status