Table 3.

Correlation coefficients depicting the correlation of characteristics of swallowing-related muscles with TMI and SMI.

	Men		Women
	TMI	SMI	TMI	SMI
CSA of GHM	0.50**a	0.41**a	0.21*a	0.21*a
CSA of tongue	0.14b	0.37*a	0.34**b	0.24*a
EI of GHM	− 0.12b	0.10a	− 0.05a	− 0.05a
EI of tongue	0.09b	− 0.10a	− 0.04b	0.12a

CSA cross-sectional area, GHM geniohyoid muscle, EI echo intensity, TMI trunk muscle mass index, SMI skeletal muscle mass index.

^aSpearman’s correlation coefficient.

^bPearson’s correlation coefficient. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01.