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Logistic regression was used to evaluate the association between the TyG index and sarcopenia.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"j_med-2026-1481_abs_003\">\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Participants with sarcopenia had a significantly lower TyG index than those without sarcopenia (8.29 [8.01\u20138.59] vs. 8.38 [8.07\u20138.69]; p=0.001), and the prevalence of sarcopenia declined progressively across TyG quartiles (Q1\u2013Q4: 54.3\u202f%, 53.4\u202f%, 47.4\u202f%, 43.8\u202f%; p for trend=0.001). After adjustment for significant covariates, a higher TyG index was independently associated with lower odds of sarcopenia (per quartile: OR\u00a0=\u00a00.826, 95\u202f% CI: 0.720\u20130.947; per unit: OR\u00a0=\u00a00.714, 95\u202f% CI: 0.517\u20130.985). Compared with the lowest quartile, participants in the highest quartile had a 44.8\u202f% lower odds of sarcopenia (OR\u00a0=\u00a00.552, 95\u202f% CI: 0.357\u20130.852).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"j_med-2026-1481_abs_004\">\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Among older adults without either dysglycemia or central obesity, a higher TyG index was independently associated with a lower odds of sarcopenia.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1515\/med-2026-1487","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,7,7]],"date-time":"2026-07-07T17:02:35Z","timestamp":1783443755000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Association between triglyceride-glucose index and sarcopenia in older adults without either dysglycemia or central obesity: a cross-sectional study from CHARLS"],"prefix":"10.1515","volume":"21","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0009-4709-3391","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jiaojiao","family":"Lin","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Endocrinology , Quanzhou First Hospital Affiliated to Fujian Medical University , Quanzhou , Fujian , China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0002-9389-0462","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Zhaozhao","family":"Zhu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Endocrinology , Quanzhou First Hospital Affiliated to Fujian Medical University , Quanzhou , Fujian , China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"374","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,7,7]]},"reference":[{"key":"2026071417133406615_j_med-2026-1487_ref_001","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Chen, LK, Woo, J, Assantachai, P, Auyeung, TW, Chou, MY, Iijima, K, et al.. 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