Inflammatory indexes are not associated with sarcopenia in Chinese community-dwelling older people: a cross-sectional study

Table 3 Correlations between the inflammatory indexes and ASM, gait speed, handgrip strength, and CRP

	ASM		Gait speed		Handgrip strength		CRP
	r	P	r	p	r	p	r	p
PLR	−0.103	0.044^*	−0.026	0.611	−0.076	0.135	0.004	0.942
NLR	−0.018	0.726	0.052	0.308	0.014	0.787	0.029	0.572
LMR	−0.100	0.051	−0.072	0.162	−0.121	0.018^*	−0.050	0.330

Notes: *Significant at 0.05 level
Abbreviations: ASM appendicular skeletal muscle mass, CRP C-reactive protein, LMR lymphocyte-to-monocyte ratio, NLR neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio, PLR platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio, r Pearson’s r

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