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Table 2 Association between sarcopenic obesity and frailty

From: Sarcopenic obesity is associated with frailty among community-dwelling older adults: findings from the WCHAT study

 

Pre-frailty vs. Robust

Frailty vs. Robust

OR [95%CI]

P value

OR [95%CI]

P value

Unadjusted model

    

 Non-sarcopenia and Nonobesity

Ref.

NA

Ref.

NA

 Sarcopenia alone

1.77 [1.42, 2.22]

< 0.001

4.14 [2.60, 6.59]

< 0.001

 Obesity alone

1.09 [0.89, 1.33]

0.379

1.29 [0.78, 2.13]

0.303

 Sarcopenic obesity

1.97 [1.34, 2.89]

< 0.001

7.00 [3.79, 12.93]

< 0.001

Adjusted model a

    

 Non-sarcopenia and Nonobesity

Ref.

NA

Ref.

NA

 Sarcopenia alone

1.21 [0.93, 1.56]

0.146

1.42 [0.83, 2.44]

0.193

 Obesity alone

1.11 [0.89, 1.37]

0.337

1.50 [0.87, 2.57]

0.139

 Sarcopenic obesity

1.74 [1.15, 2.64]

0.009

4.42 [2.19, 8.93]

< 0.001

  1. OR Odds Ratio, CI Confidence Interval, Ref. Reference, NA Non-applicable
  2. Model a: adjusted for age, gender, education, ethnicity, marital status, history of smoking, history of drinking, number of chronic diseases, risk of malnutrition