Table 3.

Correlation coefficient (r) between various nutritional parameters and biochemical markers

Variable	LTI	FTI	HGS	BMI	Triceps	SGA	Albumin	Prealbumin	hs-CRP
LTI		–0.481a	0.544a	0.158	–0.106	0.243a	0.041	0.014	–0.146
FTI	–0.481a		–0.411a	0.645a	0.421a	–0.080	0.009	0.035	0.137
HGS	0.544a	–0.411a		0.022	–0.101	0.347a	0.036	0.172	–0.241a
BMI	0.158	0.645a	0.022		0.489a	0.158	0.184	0.113	0.103
Triceps	–0.106	0.489a	–0.101	0.489a		0.281a	0.155	0.384a	0.060
SGA	0.243a	0.158	0.347a	0.158	0.281a		0.106	0.396a	–0.201
Albumin	0.041	0.184	0.036	0.041	0.155	0.106		0.314a	–0.157
Prealbumin	0.014	0.113	0.172	0.014	0.384a	0.396a	0.314a		–0.093
hs-CRPb	–0.146	0.103	–0.241a	0.103	0.060	–0.201	–0.157	–0.093

LTI, lean tissue index; FTI, fat tissue index; HGS, handgrip strength; BMI, body mass index; SGA, Subjective Global Assessment; hs-CRP, high-sensitivity C-reactive protein.

^ap < 0.05.

^bLog-transformed.