Brachial-Ankle Pulse Wave Velocity Mediates the Association between Increased Age and Risk of Sarcopenia among Chinese Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Table 4

Multivariate logistic regression models for elevated baPWV and higher prevalence of sarcopenia.

	Sarcopenia/nonsarcopenia	Adjusted ORs (95% CI)
		Model 1	Model 2	Model 3
baPWV+1 SD	90/357	1.952 (1.544-2.468)	1.750 (1.316-2.325)	1.878 (1.308-2.695)
baPWV classes (cm/s)
Normal (<1400)	10/112	Reference	Reference	Reference
Boardline (1400 to <1800)	38/154	3.081 (1.452-6.539)	3.444 (1.491-7.952)	5.077 (1.809-14.244)
Elevated (≥1800)	42/91	6.363 (2.949-13.729)	5.103 (2.037-12.785)	7.728 (2.466-24.221)
for trend	NA	< 0.001	0.001	0.001

Model 1: adjusted for sex, smoking status (ever or never), and drinking status (ever or never). Model 2: model 1 plus adjustment for systolic blood pressure and vibration perception threshold classes (<15, ≥15 V). Model 3: model 2 plus adjustment for body mass index classes (<24, ≥24 kg/m²), alanine transaminase, creatinine, albumin, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, vitamin D, hemoglobin A1c classes (<7, ≥7%), and diabetes duration classes (≤10, >10 years).