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Table 3 Odds ratio for sarcopenia according to inflammatory markers and homocysteine

From: Associations between homocysteine, inflammatory cytokines and sarcopenia in Chinese older adults with type 2 diabetes

 

OR (95%CI)

P

After adjusting for age, sex and BMI

 inflammatory markers modeled separately

  Homocysteinea

2.844 (1.071–7.553)

0.036

  Hs-CRP

1.021 (1.000–1.042)

0.046

  Interleukin-6a

1.245 (0.825–1.877)

0.297

 inflammatory markers modeled together

  Homocysteinea

2.809 (1.046–7.538)

0.040

  Hs-CRP

1.019 (0.998–1.041)

0.069

  Interleukin-6a

1.195 (0.780–1.831)

0.412

After adjusting for age, sex, BMI and HbA1c

 inflammatory markers modeled separately

  Homocysteinea

2.829 (1.064–7.525)

0.037

  Hs-CRP

1.021 (1.001–1.042)

0.044

  Interleukin-6a

1.218 (0.804–1.846)

0.351

 inflammatory markers modeled together

  Homocysteinea

2.820 (1.048–7.590)

0.040

  Hs-CRP

1.019 (0.999–1.041)

0.066

  Interleukin-6a

1.166 (0.756–1.797)

0.487

  1. Values in bold are significant at P < 0.05
  2. aSkewed distributions were natural logarithmically transformed