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Table 4 Spearman’s correlation coefficient between tongue pressure and MIA associated factors

From: Low tongue pressure in peritoneal dialysis patients as a risk factor for malnutrition and sarcopenia: a cross-sectional study

 

Female (n = 28)

Male (n = 77)

All (n = 105)

Variables

r

p value

r

p value

r

p value

Age

− 0.48

0.010*

− 0.39

0.0004***

− 0.44

< 0.0001***

Alb

0.30

0.124

0.23

0.043*

0.29

0.002**

BMI

− 0.13

0.504

0.26

0.024*

0.24

0.016*

BNP

− 0.23

0.236

− 0.04

0.717

− 0.16

0.107

CAVI

− 0.17

0.412

− 0.22

0.056

− 0.18

0.075

CRP

− 0.24

0.213

− 0.13

0.245

− 0.14

0.142

IL-6

− 0.12

0.577

− 0.16

0.158

− 0.14

0.175

LVMI

0.02

0.918

0.10

0.384

0.04

0.693

nPNA

0.22

0.28

− 0.04

0.761

− 0.05

0.591

Grip strength

0.43

0.027*

0.38

0.0006***

0.48

< 0.0001***

PRAB

0.19

0.349

0.24

0.039*

0.23

0.018*

SMI

0.12

0.564

0.34

0.003**

0.33

0.0008***

  1. r correlation coefficient
  2. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001