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Table 2 Pearson correlation coefficients between muscle mass and patient characteristics at baseline by gender (for men and women)

From: Sarcopenia is associated with the presence of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in Zhejiang Province, China: a cross-sectional observational study

Variable

Muscle mass (kg/m2)

men

women

r

P

r

P

Age (years)

− 0.244

0.019

0.111

0.015

Body weight (kg)

0.292

0.005

0.295

<0.001

Height (cm)

0.098

0.355

−0.078

0.088

BMI (kg/m2)

0.291

0.005

0.326

<0.001

ALT (IU/L)

0.093

0.378

0.139

0.002

AST (IU/L)

0.243

0.167

0.177

0.101

TG (mmol/L)

−0.025

0.815

−0.01

0.834

TC (mmol/L)

−0.108

0.304

−0.055

0.232

ALB (g/L)

0.232

0.026

−0.003

0.943

Cr (μmol/L)

0.101

0.339

0.193

<0.001

UA (μmol/L)

0.179

0.087

0.142

0.002

FPG (mmol/L)

−0.251

0.016

0.111

0.015

Gait speed (m/s)

0.153

0.145

−0.026

0.568

Muscle strength (kg)

0.315

0.002

−0.041

0.364

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