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. 2019 Jun 13;25:4390–4399. doi: 10.12659/MSM.914031

Table 2.

Pearson correlation analysis of sarcopenia with related indicators in the elderly.

Age BMI ASMI Biceps circumference Calf circumference Upper limb muscle mass Lower limb muscle mass Grip strength Pace
Age −0.015 −0.122 −0.147 −0.229* −0.174 −0.099 −0.512** −0.427**
BMI 0.047 0.381** 0.511** 0.622** 0.411** 0.166 0.183 0.029
ASMI −0.418** 0.325** 0.288** 0.438** 0.895** 0.921** 0.462** 0.264**
Biceps circumference 0.005 0.362** 0.243** 0.557** 0.320** 0.272** 0.128 −0.001
Calf circumference −0.225** 0.455** 0.409** 0.287** 0.457** 0.333** 0.383** 0.229*
Upper limb muscle mass −0.408** 0.344** 0.828** 0.219** 0.362** 0.810** 0.494** 0.286**
Lower limb muscle mass −0.458** 0.049 0.859** 0.212** 0.369** 0.766** 0.433** 0.244*
Grip strength −0.585** 0.160* 0.613** 0.078 0.285** 0.575** 0.639** 0.583**
Pace −0.593** −0.026 0.411** 0.027 0.223** 0.343** 0.432** 0.554**

The boldface is the correlation coefficient between indicators for men, while the non-boldface is the correlation coefficient between indicators for women.

*

P<0.05;

**

P<0.01.