Associations between albumin, globulin, albumin to globulin ratio and muscle mass in adults: results from the national health and nutrition examination survey 2011–2014

Table 3 Relationship between globulin and ASMI

Outcome	Model 1		Model 2		Model 3
Outcome	β (95%CI)	P-value	β (95%CI)	P-value	β (95%CI)	P-value
Globulin	-0.091 (-0.110, -0.073)	< 0.001	-0.038 (-0.049, -0.028)	< 0.001	-0.010 (-0.021, 0.001)	0.059
Stratified by gender
Man	-0.035 (-0.055, -0.015)	0.002	-0.040 (-0.061, -0.020)	0.001	-0.024 (-0.040, -0.008)	0.011
Woman	-0.032 (-0.042, -0.021)	< 0.001	-0.034 (-0.047, -0.021)	< 0.001	0.003 (-0.014, 0.019)	0.746
Stratified by MM
NMM	-0.084 (-0. 104, -0.063)	< 0.001	-0.029 (-0.038, -0.019)	< 0.001	-0.010 (-0.019, 0.000)	0.075
LMM	-0.048 (-0.099, 0.003)	0.078	-0.000 (-0.020, 0.019)	0.978	-0.020 (-0.063, 0.023)	0.370

ASMI Appendicular skeletal muscle index, MM Muscle mass, NMM Normal muscle mass, LMM Low muscle mass
Model 1: no covariates were adjusted
Model 2: gender, age and race were adjusted
Model 3: gender, age, race, BMI, hypertension, diabetes, white blood cell count, hemoglobin, total calcium, phosphorus, uric acid, total cholesterol, triglycerides and 25[OH]D were adjusted

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