Table 2. Correlation of percent lean body mass and factors related to energy metabolism in cancer patients, KNHANES 2008-2011.

Variables	Cancer patients (n = 179)		Subjects without cancer (n = 14172)
	Coefficient*	p-value	Coefficient	p-value
Age	0.1111	0.0412	-0.0489	< 0.0001
Body weight	-0.2043	0.0008	-0.0010	0.8818
Height	0.4831	< 0.0001	0.4878	< 0.0001
BMI	-0.5663	< 0.0001	-0.3983	< 0.0001
HbA1c	0.1117	0.3718	-0.0401	0.0115
Fasting glucose	-0.0082	0.9060	-0.0224	0.0018
Total-C	-0.2765	< 0.0001	-0.1710	< 0.0001
HDL-C	-0.1056	0.1692	-0.0120	0.1167
TG	-0.0611	0.3771	0.0069	0.3364
BUN	0.1410	0.0407	0.0811	< 0.0001
Total energy intake	0.2236	0.0004	0.3119	< 0.0001
Protein intake	0.1873	0.0033	0.2453	< 0.0001
Carbohydrate intake	0.1924	0.0025	0.2537	< 0.0001
Fat intake	0.0760	0.2367	0.1974	< 0.0001

BMI: body mass index, HbA1c: hemoglobin A1c, Total-C: total cholesterol, HDL-C: high density lipoprotein cholesterol, TG: triglyceride, BUN: blood urinary nitrogen.

^*Pearson's correlation test was used to explore simple correlation of percent lean body mass and health related continuous variables.