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Table 2 Association between sarcopenia and anthropometric indicators among community-dwelling older adults

From: Anthropometric indicators as a discriminator of sarcopenia in community-dwelling older adults of the Amazon region: a cross-sectional study

Variables

Sarcopenia

Anthropometric indicators

OR

95%CI

p* Value

Body mass index (BMI)

 Unadjusted

0.66

0.57–0.76

< 0.001

 Adjusted

0.64

0.53–0.76

< 0.001

Calf circumference (CC)

 Unadjusted

0.73

0.64–0.83

< 0.001

 Adjusted

0.73

0.62–0.85

< 0.001

Arm circumference (AC)

 Unadjusted

0.63

0.54–0.73

< 0.001

 Adjusted

0.63

0.53–0.76

< 0.001

Waist circumference (WC)

 Unadjusted

0.94

0.91–0.97

< 0.001

 Adjusted

0.93

0.90–0.97

< 0.001

  1. OR: Odds Ratio; 95%CI: 95% Confidence interval; * p < 0.05; Adjusted for age, sex, schooling, income, health perception, number of diseases and medications, hospitalization and occurrence of falls in the last year, smoking habit, level of physical activity, functional disability for basic and instrumental activities of daily life; Hosmer-Lemeshow test (p > 0.05)
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BMC Geriatrics

ISSN: 1471-2318

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