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Table 3 Pearson correlation coefficients between muscle strength 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 strength (kg)

men

women

r

P

r

P

Age (years)

−0.504

<0.001

−0.533

<0.001

Body weight (kg)

0.255

0.014

0.206

<0.001

Height (cm)

0.51

<0.001

0.315

<0.001

BMI (kg/m2)

0.02

0.848

−0.018

0.692

ALT (IU/L)

0.062

0.554

−0.065

0.156

AST (IU/L)

0.08

0.651

−0.391

<0.001

TG (mmol/L)

0.15

0.152

−0.144

0.002

TC (mmol/L)

0.019

0.854

0.011

0.804

ALB (g/L)

0.184

0.079

0.142

0.002

Cr (μmol/L)

0.013

0.901

−0.155

0.001

UA (μmol/L)

0.059

0.578

−0.193

<0.001

FPG (mmol/L)

−0.195

0.062

−0.177

<0.001

Gait speed (m/s)

0.408

<0.001

0.538

<0.001

Muscle mass (kg/m2)

0.315

0.002

−0.041

0.364

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