Table 7 Crude and multivariable-adjusted ORs and 95% CIs for sarcopenia and its components across categories of valine, leucine and isoleucine intake.

From: Association between dietary intake of branched-chain amino acids and sarcopenia and its components: a cross-sectional study

 

Tertile of valine

P†

Tertile of leucine

P†

Tertile of isoleucine

P†

T1

T2

T3

T1

T2

T3

T1

T2

T3

n (case)

105

99

96

 

106

99

95

 

105

99

96

 

Sarcopenia

Crude

1

0.65(0.32–1.32)

0.59(0.28–1.22)

0.14

1

0.73(0.36–1.48)

0.60(0.29–1.26)

0.17

1

0.69(0.34–1.41)

0.65(0.31–1.33)

0.23

Model 1†

1

0.55(0.26–1.16)

0.46(0.19–1.09)

0.06

1

0.63(0.30–1.32)

0.47(0.19–1.13)

0.08

1

1.82(0.79–4.18)

1.12(0.50–2.52)

0.14

Model 2‡

1

0.55(0.26–1.17)

0.46(0.18–1.13)

0.07

1

0.63(0.30–1.33)

0.48(0.19–1.18)

0.09

1

0.61(0.28–1.31)

0.57(0.24–1.34)

0.18

Lower muscle mass

Crude

1

0.91(0.52–1.60)

0.78(0.44–1.38)

0.40

1

0.97(0.55–1.70)

0.90(0.51–1.58)

0.71

1

0.99(0.56–1.74)

0.88(0.50–1.56)

0.67

Model 1†

1

0.81(0.43–1.51)

0.72(0.35–1.49)

0.38

1

0.93(0.50–1.74)

0.86(0.42–1.77)

0.68

1

0.96(0.51–1.80)

0.87(0.43–1.76)

0.70

Model 2‡

1

1.31(0.62–2.75)

1.04(0.52–2.05)

0.46

1

0.96(0.51–1.83)

0.89(0.42–1.87)

0.76

1

0.96(0.50–1.83)

0.91(0.43–1.88)

0.80

Lower hand grip strength

Crude

1

0.73(0.40–1.33)

0.90(0.50–1.62)

0.70

1

0.87(0.48–1.56)

0.95(0.52–1.72)

0.86

1

1.00(0.55–1.82)

1.07(0.59–1.93)

0.81

Model 1†

1

0.75(0.39–1.44)

0.84(0.40–1.76)

0.62

1

0.86(0.45–1.66)

0.95(0.45–2.00)

0.88

1

1.03(0.53–1.99)

1.09(0.52–2.28)

0.80

Model 2‡

1

0.77(0.39–1.52)

0.77(0.36–1.66)

0.50

1

0.87(0.44–1.70)

0.88(0.41–1.89)

0.73

1

0.95(0.44–2.05)

1.02(0.51–2.04)

0.90

Lower gait speed

Crude

1

1.08(0.62–1.88)

0.82(0.46–1.45)

0.51

1

1.06(0.61–1.85)

0.79(0.45–1.40)

0.44

1

0.84(0.48–1.48)

0.79(0.45–1.38)

0.41

Model 1†

1

1.06(0.58–1.94)

0.97(0.48–1.95)

0.95

1

0.99(0.54–1.80)

0.99(0.49–2.01)

0.99

1

0.87(0.47–1.60)

1.01(0.51–2.01)

0.97

Model 2‡

1

1.14(0.61–2.13)

1.09(0.52–2.27)

0.79

1

1.03(0.55–1.92)

1.15(0.55–2.40)

0.71

1

0.94(0.50–1.77)

1.21(0.59–2.49)

0.61

  1. Data are OR (95% CI).
  2. †Model 1: Adjusted for age, sex and energy intake. ‡Model 2: Further adjusted for physical activity, smoking, alcohol consumption, medication use (statin, corticosteroid, estrogen, testosterone), and positive history of disease. †Muscle mass lower than 5.5 (kg/m2) for women and 7.0 (kg/m2) for men27. ‡Lower muscle strength was defined according previous study32. §Gait speeds equal or slower than 0.8 m/s27.
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