Relationship of aging, skeletal muscle mass, and tooth loss with masseter muscle thickness

BMC Geriatrics

Table 3 Correlation matrix table of parameters

	MMT during contraction	MMT at rest	Age	Body Weight	GS	SMI	Tooth loss: Eichner classification
Men
MMT during contraction	1.00		−0.31^*	0.14	0.34^*	0.22	−0.41 ^*
MMT at rest		1.00	−0.30^*	0.10	0.33^*	0.25	−0.18
Age			1.00	−0.20	−0.52^*	− 0.17	0.49^*
Body Weight				1.00	0.32^*	0.74^*	0.14
GS					1.00	0.27^*	− 0.05
SMI						1.00	0.17
Women
MMT during contraction	1.00		−0.21	0.18	0.11	0.10	−0.31^*
MMT at rest		1.00	−0.25	0.30 ^*	−0.08	0.21	−0.34^*
Age			1.00	−0.27	−0.21	− 0.24	0.44^*
Body weight				1.00	0.38^*	0.73^*	− 0.07
GS					1.00	0.38^*	− 0.13
SMI						1.00	−0.03

^*p-value < 0.05, MMT Masseter muscle thickness, GS Grip strength SMI Skeletal muscle mass index

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