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Table 4 Association between sarcopenic obesity and frailty stratified by age in adjusted model

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

60–69 years

    

 Non-sarcopenia and Nonobesity

Ref.

NA

Ref.

NA

 Sarcopenia alone

1.07 [0.77, 1.49]

0.650

1.49 [0.63, 3.53]

0.355

 Obesity alone

1.13 [0.88, 1.44]

0.326

1.93 [0.88, 4.21]

0.098

 Sarcopenic obesity

1.45 [0.86, 2.44]

0.153

3.79 [1.16, 12.42]

0.027

≥70 years

    

 Non-sarcopenia and Nonobesity

Ref.

NA

Ref.

NA

 Sarcopenia alone

1.59 [1.02, 2.48]

0.037

1.53 [0.74, 3.15]

0.245

 Obesity alone

1.19 [0.77, 1.85]

0.420

1.31 [0.60, 2.87]

0.490

 Sarcopenic obesity

2.84 [1.32, 6.13]

0.007

6.86 [2.52,18.64]

< 0.001

  1. OR Odds Ratio, CI Confidence Interval, Ref. Reference, NA Non-applicable