Association between serum homocysteine and sarcopenia among hospitalized older Chinese adults: a cross-sectional study

Table 5 Subgroup analysis of the risk for sarcopenia by homocysteine levels based on gender

	Hcy < 10.0		Hcy ≥ 10.0		Crude		Adjusted
	N	sarcopenia	N	sarcopenia	OR(95%CI)	p value	OR(95%CI)	p value
Male	37	8 (21.6%)	225	99 (44.0%)	2.85 (1.25–6.50)	0.013	1.94 (0.77–4.87)	0.158
Female	61	5 (8.2%)	118	49 (41.5%)	7.95 (2.97–21.31)	< 0.001	10.35 (2.84–37.68)	< 0.001
p value of interaction						0.117		0.047

Data adjusted for age, education, smoking, BMI body mass index, MNA-SF mininutritional assessment short form, ALT alanine transaminase, CRP C-reactive protein, Hb hemoglobin, ALB albumin
Hcy homocysteine

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