Specific lysophosphatidylcholine and acylcarnitine related to sarcopenia and its components in older men

BMC Geriatrics

Table 2 Significant Spearman correlations of serum metabolite with muscle parameters

Variables		Ileucine	Leucine	BCAA	Glu	Tryptophan	Glycine	C5	C6	C8	C10	C12	C14	LPC 18:2
SMI	r	0.176	0.135	0.141	0.054	0.076	-0.086	0.190	-0.108	-0.156	-0.145	-0.159	-0.158	0.140
SMI	P	0.004	0.028	0.022	0.382	0.218	0.169	0.0267	0.081	0.011	0.019	0.010	0.010	0.023
Handgrip strength	r	0.105	0.125	0.115	0.097	0.235	-0.136	-0.088	-0.155	-0.190	-0.188	-0.206	-0.188	0.130
Handgrip strength	P	0.090	0.042	0.063	0.117	0.000	0.027	0.157	0.012	0.002	0.002	0.001	0.002	0.005
Gait speed	r	0.078	0.078	0.075	0.146	0.120	-0.019	-0.107	-0.031	-0.027	-0.028	-0.050	-0.095	0.171
Gait speed	P	0.206	0.206	0.228	0.017	0.051	0.763	0.083	0.622	0.661	0.656	-0.206	0.123	0.035

Abbreviates: SMI: skeletal muscle index, BCAA: branched chain amino acids, Glu: Glutamte, C5:valeryl-L-carnitine,C6:AcyCNhexenoyl-L-carnitine,C8:octanoyl-L-carnitine,C10:decanoyl-L-carnitin, C12:dodecanoy-L-carnitine,C14:tetradecanoyl-L-car-nitine, LPC18:2: 1-linoleoyl-2-hydroxy-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine

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