Table 3

The association between CVH metrics and sarcopenia by selected subgroups

VariableNo. (%)Intermediate or Ideal CVH OR (95% CI) *P valueIntermediate or Ideal CVH OR (95% CI) †P valueP for interaction
Continuous
 CVH (per 1 score)807/93260.77 (0.74 to 0.79)<0.0010.75 (0.71 to 0.79)<0.001
Categories *
 Poor CVH479/36721 (Ref)1 (Ref)
 Intermediate or Ideal CVH328/56540.36 (0.29 to 0.44)<0.0010.36 (0.26 to 0.50)<0.001
Subgroup
Age
 <45211/42000.41 (0.31 to 0.54)<0.0010.38 (0.27 to 0.52)<0.0010.189
 45–59117/14540.37 (0.27 to 0.52)<0.0010.32 (0.19 to 0.53)<0.001
Sex
 Male157/27210.33 (0.24 to 0.45)<0.0010.36 (0.24 to 0.53)<0.0010.827
 Female171/29330.40 (0.30 to 0.54)<0.0010.35 (0.21 to 0.58)<0.001
Race
 Mexican American127/8640.41 (0.28 to 0.60)<0.0010.43 (0.28 to 0.67)<0.0010.704
 Other Hispanic44/5980.32 (0.18 to 0.58)<0.0010.37 (0.20 to 0.70)0.003
 Non-Hispanic White80/20670.30 (0.22 to 0.40)0.0190.31 (0.17 to 0.56)<0.001
 Non-Hispanic Black8/10010.15 (0.07 to 0.32)<0.0010.21 (0.08 to 0.50)<0.001
 Other69/11420.40 (0.23 to 0.69)0.0010.45 (0.22 to 0.95)0.036
Education levels
 <12179/19890.43 (0.33 to 0.57)<0.0010.49 (0.33 to 0.74)<0.0010.014
 1287/18630.39 (0.25 to 0.61)<0.0010.32 (0.19 to 0.54)<0.001
 >1262/18000.30 (0.18 to 0.50)<0.0010.20 (0.10 to 0.40)<0.001
  • Poor CVH: CVH metrics scores 0–7; intermediate or ideal CVH: CVH metrics scores 8–14.

  • *Unadjusted model.

  • †Analyses were adjusted for age, sex, race/ethnicity, education level, alcohol use, congestive heart failure, coronary heart disease, angina and cancer.

  • CVH, cardiovascular health.;