Association of Sasang Constitutional Type with Sarcopenia

Table 3

Odds ratio of sarcopenia in relation to Sasang constitutional type.

		Normal, (%)	Sarcopenia, (%)	Crude OR (95% CI), value	Multivariate OR (95% CI), value
Total	TE	583 (91.4%)	55 (8.6%)	Reference	Reference
	SE	89 (55.3%)	72 (44.7%)	8.98 (5.88–13.72), <0.0001	9.22 (5.06–16.81), <0.0001
	SY	321 (79.3%)	84 (20.7%)	2.91 (1.99–4.25), <0.0001	2.90 (1.76–4.76), <0.0001
Men	TE	341 (90.0%)	38 (10.0%)	Reference	Reference
	SE	40 (50.6%)	39 (49.4%)	8.67 (4.98–15.09), <0.0001	16.51 (6.81–39.99), <0.0001
	SY	112 (78.9%)	30 (21.1%)	2.30 (1.36–3.91), 0.002	2.72 (1.35–5.48), 0.0051
Women	TE	242 (93.4%)	17 (6.6%)	Reference	Reference
	SE	49 (59.8%)	33 (40.2%)	10.13 (5.14–19.96), <0.0001	7.25 (2.99–17.57), <0.0001
	SY	209 (79.5%)	54 (20.5%)	3.77 (2.09–6.79), <0.0001	3.12 (1.46–6.67), 0.0034

Data were adjusted for age, sex, waist (cm), total fat (kg), alcohol consumption (g/d), physical activity (metabolic equivalent per hour daily), monthly income (≤2,000 USD, 2,000–4,000 USD, and >4,000 USD), smoking, and presence of hypertension.
TE: Tae-eum type; SE: So-eum type; SY: So-yang type; OR: odds ratio.