From: Inflammatory potential of the diet and risk of sarcopenia and its components
 | Tertiles of DII diet score | P-value a | ||
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T1 (n = 100) | T2 (n = 100) | T3 (n = 100) | ||
Range of DII | <−0.88 | − 0.88, − 0.70 | > − 0.71 |  |
Prevalence of components of sarcopenia | ||||
Low muscle mass (%) b | 33 | 35 | 49 | 0.041 |
Abnormal hand grip strength (%) c | 38 | 28 | 30 | 0.276 |
Abnormal gait speed (m/s) (%) d | 34 | 44 | 44 | 0.251 |
Sarcopenia (%) | 14 | 13 | 27 | 0.016 |
Means of components | ||||
 Muscle mass [ASM/h2] (kg) | ||||
  Crude | 6.52 ± 1.02 | 6.61 ± 1.00 | 6.68 ± 0.94 | 0.526 |
  Model 1 | 6.65 ± 0.08 | 6.59 ± 0.08 | 6.58 ± 0.08 | 0.814 |
 Hand grip strength (psi) | ||||
  Crude | 10.31 ± 3.04 | 11.60 ± 3.88 | 11.21 ± 3.65 | 0.031 |
  Model 1 | 10.84 ± 0.23 | 11.42 ± 0.23 | 10.87 ± 0.23 | 0.145 |
 Gait speed (m/s) | ||||
  Crude | 0.86 ± 0.20 | 0.84 ± 0.23 | 0.82 ± 0.23 | 0.609 |
  Model 1 | 0.87 ± 0.02 | 0.83 ± 0.02 | 0.82 ± 0.02 | 0.327 |