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

Table 3

Multivariable-adjusted differences of baPWV values by three tertiles of age.

baPWV+1 SD	Age classes (years)			for trend
	≤53	54–65	≥66
Model 1	Reference	1.572 (1.282-1.928)	3.764 (3.032-4.642)	< 0.001
Model 2	Reference	1.365 (1.125-1.657)	2.616 (2.074-3.299)	< 0.001
Model 3	Reference	1.203 (0.993-1.458)	2.137 (1.685-2.710)	< 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).