Table 4. Correlation between appendicular skeletal muscle percentages (ASM%) and clinical variables.

Variables	Men (N = 952)		Women (N = 1380)
	r	P-value	r	P-value
Age (years)	−0.081	0.012	−0.004	0.888
Adiposity index
Height (cm)	0.057	0.080	0.031	0.246
Weight (kg)	−0.376	<0.001	−0.487	<0.001
Appendicular skeletalmuscle (kg)	0.158	<0.001	0.176	<0.001
Total fat mass (kg)	−0.751	<0.001	−0.749	<0.001
Body mass index (kg/m2)	−0.488	<0.001	−0.595	<0.001
Waist circumference (cm)	−0.523	<0.001	−0.587	<0.001
Body fat (%)	−0.862	<0.001	−0.885	<0.001
Clinical parameters
Number of comorbidity	−0.184	<0.001	−0.197	<0.001
Physical activity(MET−min/week)	0.174	<0.001	0.136	<0.001
Energy intake (Cal/day)	0.142	<0.001	0.133	<0.001
Protein intake (g/day)	0.069	0.034	0.179	0.003
Iron intake (mg/day)	0.025	0.449	0.028	0.304
HOMA-IRb	−0.416	<0.001	−0.344	<0.001
Vitamin D (ng/ml)	0.258	<0.001	0.144	<0.001
Ferritin (ng/mL)	−0.111	0.001	−0.104	<0.001
Hemoglobin (g/dL)	−0.107	0.001	−0.138	<0.001
WBC count (* 103)	−0.182	<0.001	−0.180	<0.001

Correlation coefficients (r) and P-values were calculated using the Spearman correlation analysis.