The relationships between CMI and: (1) probable sarcopenia (defined as the best hand grip strength of <27 kg for males and <16 kg for females); (2) individual muscle function measures including hand grip strength (kg) and timed get-up-and-go (TUG) (seconds); (3) all-cause mortality were assessed using Spearman's correlation, logistic regression, and Cox proportional hazards models, stratified by sex and adjusted for age, ethnicity, body mass index, smoking status, Charlson Comorbidity Index, urine albumin-to-creatinine ratio, and C-reactive protein. This evidence concerns the gene ALB and sarcopenia.