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Table 5 Gender difference in Association between cutoff points of biomarkers and the presence of sarcopenia

From: Cross-sectional associations among P3NP, HtrA, Hsp70, Apelin and sarcopenia in Taiwanese population

Gender

Biomarkers

Cutoff points

Sarcopenia

Unadjusted OR (95% CI)

P-Value

Fully adjusted OR (95% CI)

P -Value

Male

Apelin

0.911

0.283 (0.123–0.655)

0.003

0.433 (0.176–1.064)

0.068

P3NP

0.045

1.960 (0.855–4.495)

0.112

1.043 (0.988–1.100)

0.126

HtrA1

0.067

0.306 (0.113–0.833)

0.020

0.254 (0.083–0.778)

0.016

Hsp72

0.135

3.373 (1.292–8.811)

0.013

2.350 (0.854–6.464)

0.098

Female

Apelin

0.863

0.324 (0.122–0.864)

0.024

0.360 (0.131–0.989)

0.048

P3NP

0.035

3.777 (1.023–13.940)

0.046

1.059 (0.975–1.150)

0.172

HtrA1

0.036

0.331 (0.064–1.724)

0.189

0.305 (0.053–1.769)

0.186

Hsp72

0.150

2.244 (0.753–6.691)

0.147

2.216 (0.725–6.776)

0.163

  1. Fully adjusted: age, education, smoking history, number of chronic disease