Table 1.
Correlations in Ullrich Congenital Muscular Dystrophy (UCMD) patients expressed as values of Pearson’s correlation coefficient (r) between variables of body composition expressed in Z-score (lines) and variables of motor function, quality of life or adipokine levels (columns).
| EK2 | PULL | Peds QL | Peds QL Parents | Leptin | HMW adiponectin | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FMI | -0.83* | 0.77 | 0.72 | 0.73 | 0.57 | 0.73 |
| Fat mass trunk | -0.88* | 0.78 | 0.67 | 0.54 | 0.5 | 0.66 |
| Android | -0.69 | 0.54 | 0.44 | 0.67 | 0.29 | 0.95 |
| % Fat mass legs | -0.86* | 0.4 | 0.99 | 0.64 | 0.46 | 0.87 |
| Gynecoid | -0.73 | -0.45 | 0.33 | 0.01 | 0.63 | 0.76 |
| LMI | 0.55 | 0.86 | 0.57 | -0.12 | -0.62 | -0.66 |
| AFFMI | 0.32 | 0.35 | 0.52 | 0.25 | -0.04 | -1.00** |
Statistical significance was tested with two-tailed t student ∗P ≤ 0.05 and ∗∗P ≤ 0.001.