Table 3. The correlations between the increase rate of elasticity of the forearm area and the calf area and each factor.

		Forearm Ultrasound	Forearm Infrared therapy	Calf Ultrasound	Calf Infrared therapy
Forearm Ultrasound	Pearson correlation coefficient	1.00	−0.25	−0.14	0.21
Forearm Infrared therapy	Pearson correlation coefficient	−0.25	1.00	−0.26	−0.58*
Calf Ultrasound	Pearson correlation coefficient	−0.14	−0.26	1.00	−0.01
Calf Infrared therapy	Pearson correlation coefficient	0.21	−0.58*	−0.01	1.00
Height	Pearson correlation coefficient	0.18	−0.05	0.10	0.38*
Weight	Pearson correlation coefficient	0.36	0.16	−0.03	0.31
BMI	Pearson correlation coefficient	0.37*	0.30	−0.09	0.14
Fat mass	Pearson correlation coefficient	0.46*	0.56*	−0.21	0.10
Muscle mass	Pearson correlation coefficient	0.07	0.12	0.03	0.29
Basic metabolism	Pearson correlation coefficient	0.25	0.09	0.06	0.38*

*p<0.05.