Table 3.
Correlations of body composition indicators and muscle strength with serum concentrations of cardiovascular disease risk factors in the peritoneal dialysis patients
| Parameter | Body fat percentage | Muscle strength | Skeletal muscle percentage | |||
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| r | P value | r | P value | r | P value | |
| hs-CRP | 0.29 | 0.01 | −0.25 | 0.03 | −0.29 | 0.01 |
| sICAM-1 | 0.60 | 0.001 | −0.24 | 0.03 | −0.60 | 0.001 |
| MDA | NS | NS | NS | |||
| Lp (a) | NS | NS | NS | |||
| Triglyceride | 0.39 | 0.001 | −0.28 | 0.01 | −0.38 | 0.001 |
| Total cholesterol | 0.24 | 0.03 | −0.25 | 0.03 | −0.24 | 0.03 |
| LDL-C | NS | NS | NS | |||
| HDL-C | −0.22 | 0.05 | NS | 0.22 | 0.06 | |
HDL-C, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; hs-CRP, high-sensitive C-reactive protein; LDL-C, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; Lp (a), lipoprotein (a); MDA, malondialdehyde; NS, not significant; sICAM-1, soluble intercellular adhesion molecule type 1.