Associations between Geriatric Nutrition Risk Index, bone mineral density and body composition in type 2 diabetes patients

Table 7 Determinants of appendicular skeletal muscle index using multivariate forward linear regression analysis

Factors	B	SE	t value	P value	95%CI
					Lower	Upper
Men
Age	-0.012	0.003	-3.721	< 0.001	-0.019	-0.006
Weight	0.019	0.006	2.983	0.003	0.006	0.031
Diabetes duration	-0.014	0.005	-2.587	0.010	-0.025	-0.003
BMI	0.136	0.022	6.238	< 0.001	0.093	0.178
HbA1c	-0.057	0.017	-3.449	0.001	-0.090	-0.025
Women
Age	-0.008	0.003	-2.811	0.005	-0.014	-0.003
Weight	0.066	0.003	20.846	< 0.001	0.059	0.072
Height	-0.030	0.007	-4.491	< 0.001	-0.043	-0.017
TBil	-0.017	0.007	-2.369	0.018	-0.032	-0.003
OS	0.019	0.009	2.147	0.033	0.002	0.037
β-CTX	-0.536	0.175	-3.059	0.002	-0.881	-0.191

95%CI: 95% confidence interval; BMI: Body mass index; TBil: Total bilirubin; OS: Osteocalcin; β-CTX: β-collagen special sequence.