Table 4.
Correlation Matrix Table of Parameters
| Parameters | Correlation Coefficient/P-values | Age | Sex | Preoperative BMI | Postoperative Chemoradiotherapy | Weight Loss | SMI Loss | FOIS at Discharge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | r | 1.000 | −0.005 | 0.239 | 0.163 | −0.110 | 0.059 | 0.004 |
| P | 0.980 | 0.240 | 0.427 | 0.593 | 0.776 | 0.984 | ||
| Sex | r | 1.000 | 0.358 | −0.023 | −0.301 | 0.555** | −0.178 | |
| P | 0.072 | 0.912 | 0.135 | 0.003 | 0.384 | |||
| Preoperative BMI | r | 1.000 | 0.124 | −0.492* | 0.589** | 0.216 | ||
| P | 0.547 | 0.011 | 0.002 | 0.289 | ||||
| Postoperative chemoradiotherapy | r | 1.000 | 0.345 | −0.228 | 0.608** | |||
| P | 0.084 | 0.263 | 0.001 | |||||
| Weight loss | r | 1.000 | −0.898** | 0.375 | ||||
| P | 0.000 | 0.059 | ||||||
| SMI loss | r | 1.000 | −0.229 | |||||
| P | 0.260 | |||||||
| FOIS at discharge | r | 1.000 | ||||||
| P |
Note: *P<0.05; **P<0.01.
Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; SMI, skeletal muscle mass index; FOIS, functional oral intake scale.