Table 3.

Correlations of handgrip strength with nutritional intakes in study subjects.

Variables	HGS	Hb	AST	ALT	BUN	Cr	FPG	HbA1c	TC	TG	hs-CRP	UA
HGS		0.502 *	0.042	0.130 *	−0.004	0.239 *	0.052 †	−0.019	−0.059 †	0.032	−0.044	0.296 *
Total energy	0.411 *	0.256 *	0.004	0.032	−0.022	0.050	−0.016	−0.057	−0.001	0.030	−0.003	0.112 *
Protein/weight	0.217 *	0.109 *	−0.037	−0.033	−0.018	−0.029	−0.073 *	−0.085 *	0.020	−0.048	−0.002	−0.016
PUFA	0.269 *	0.127 *	−0.038	0.031	0.011	0.018	−0.017	−0.022	−0.028	−0.017	−0.041	0.048
Fiber	0.272 *	0.166 *	−0.019	0.030	0.001	−0.007	0.001	−0.017	−0.004	0.007	−0.039	0.041
Calcium	0.296 *	0.190 *	−0.026	0.049	−0.011	0.019	0.000	−0.019	0.036	0.004	−0.033	0.053 †
Fe	0.222 *	0.149 *	−0.014	0.014	−0.011	0.002	−0.008	−0.042	0.013	0.006	−0.016	0.038
Potassium	0.300 *	0.166 *	−0.033	0.028	−0.023	−0.002	−0.044	−0.043	0.037	0.019	−0.042	0.066 †
Vitamin A	0.159 *	0.104 *	0.018	0.042	−0.003	−0.012	0.029	0.012	−0.003	−0.007	−0.037	−0.015
Carotene	0.141 *	0.100 *	0.022	0.039	−0.001	−0.008	0.040	0.019	−0.017	−0.003	−0.033	−0.012
Thiamine	0.364 *	0.213 *	−0.032	0.034	−0.016	0.003	−0.028	−0.055 †	0.012	0.003	−0.007	0.061 †
Niacin	0.343 *	0.196 *	−0.029	0.016	−0.002	0.004	−0.048	−0.058 †	0.014	−0.005	−0.030	0.067 †
Vitamin C	0.098 *	0.056 †	−0.026	0.028	−0.059 †	−0.046	−0.076 *	−0.090 *	0.061 †	−0.023	−0.026	−0.014

* p < 0.01 or ^† p < 0.05 for the correlation coefficient. HGS, handgrip strength; Hb, hemoglobin; AST, aspartate transferase; ALT, alanine transferase; BUN, blood urea nitrogen; Cr, creatinine; FPG, fasting plasma glucose; HbA1c, hemoglobin A1c; TC, total cholesterol; TG, triglyceride; hs-CRP, high-sensitivity C-reactive protein; UA, uric acid; PUFA, polyunsaturated fatty acid.