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 4 Relationship between AGR 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
AGR	0.186 (0.145, 0.227)	< 0.001	0.064 (0.042, 0.087)	< 0.001	0.017 (-0.001, 0.034)	0.060
Stratified by gender
Man	0.072 (0.043, 0.100)	< 0.001	0.065 (0.035, 0.096)	< 0.001	0.032 (0.008, 0.055)	0.018
Woman	0.055 (0.038, 0.072)	< 0.001	0.059 (0.036, 0.083)	< 0.001	-0.006 (-0.028, 0.016)	0.583
Stratified by MM
NMM	0.172 (0.131, 0.213)	< 0.001	0.048 (0.028, 0.068)	< 0.001	0.016 (-0.001, 0.032)	0.058
LMM	0.129 (0.057, 0.201)	0.001	0.002 (-0.032, 0.035)	0.925	0.022 (-0.050, 0.095)	0.551

AGR Albumin to globulin ratio, 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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