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This study aimed to investigate the association between the NHHR and incident sarcopenia in the Chinese population.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The study included a total of 4,046 participants aged 50\u202fyears and older without a history of sarcopenia, from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS). A multivariate logistic regression model and a restricted cubic spline model were used to investigate the association between NHHR and sarcopenia. Subgroup and sensitivity analyses were conducted to assess the robustness of the findings.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      A total of 309 (7.6%) participants were newly diagnosed with sarcopenia in the 2015 wave. Participants in the highest NHHR quartile (\u22653.99) had a significantly lower adjusted odds ratio for sarcopenia (OR\u202f=\u202f0.40; 95% CI, 0.280.58;\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u202f&amp;lt;\u202f0.001) compared with those in the lowest quartile (&amp;lt;2.24). Restricted cubic spline analysis revealed a nonlinear relationship between NHHR and sarcopenia risk (p for nonlinearity &amp;lt;0.05). In piecewise regression models, the adjusted OR for sarcopenia was 0.65 (95% CI, 0.550.78,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u202f&amp;lt;\u202f0.001) among participants with NHHR &amp;lt;4.4, whereas no significant correlation was observed among those with NHHR \u2265 4.4. No significant interactions were found between NHHR and age, sex, hypertension, or diabetes in stratified analysis (p for interaction &amp;gt;0.05).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>There is an inverse relationship between NHHR and sarcopenia risk in the Chinese population. A higher NHHR is associated with a lower risk of sarcopenia below the inflection point, beyond which NHHR is no longer significantly associated with sarcopenia risk.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fpubh.2025.1585986","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,4,30]],"date-time":"2025-04-30T00:12:10Z","timestamp":1745971930000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["Association between the non-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol to high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio and sarcopenia: evidence from 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