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Table 3 The relationship between overall score of SarQoL and nutritional status

From: Associations between the quality of life in sarcopenia measured with the SarQoL® and nutritional status

Dependent variable: overall score of SarQoL

B

SE

95% CI for B

P value

Lower

Upper

SARC_F (ref: < 4)

 − 13.314

1.900

 − 17.053

 − 9.575

 < .001

SMI (ref: robust)

.002

2.335

 − 4.593

4.597

.999

Calf circumference (ref: robust)

.411

1.532

 − 2.603

3.425

.789

Grip strength (ref: robust)

 − 3.866

1.820

 − 7.448

 − .285

.034

TUG (ref: robust)

 − 5.459

1.682

 − 8.768

 − 2.150

.001

Determine (score: 3–5)

 − 5.542

1.666

 − 8.821

 − 2.264

.001

Determine (score: ≥ 6)

 − 8.136

1.882

 − 11.839

 − 4.433

 < .001

  1. Adjusted for demographic characteristics (sex, age, living alone, education level, smoking) and depressive symptoms
  2. OR, odds ratio; TUG, timed up and go; SMI, skeletal muscle index; Determine, Disease, Eating poorly, Tooth loss, Mouth pain, Economic hardship, Reduced social contact, Multiple medicines, Involuntary weight loss or gain, Need for assistance in self-care, and Elderly; SarQoL, Sarcopenia-specific Quality of Life