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. 2019 Jun 18;33(1):119–127. doi: 10.1007/s40620-019-00620-3

Table 2.

Correlation of bioimpedance measurements and bioimpedance-derived body composition to MR-derived tissue sodium concentration for the entire cohort

Na+M Na+SC Na+AveSC+M
r p value r p value r p value
Serum osmolality 0.222 0.239 0.488 0.006* 0.382 0.037*
Bioimpedance measurements
 Re − 0.415 0.023* − 0.694 < 0.001* − 0.598 < 0.001*
 Ri 0.160 0.397 0.257 0.170 0.050 0.795
Capacitance − 0.402 0.028* 0.010 0.956 0.206 0.276
 Z
  5 kHz 0.423 0.020* 0.712 < 0.001* 0.609 < 0.001*
  100 kHz 0.289 0.122 − 0.650 < 0.001* − 0.499 0.005*
 Φ
  5 kHz − 0.481 0.007* 0.169 0.372 − 0.372 0.043*
  100 kHz − 0.634 < 0.001* − 0.454 0.012* − 0.588 0.001*
Body composition estimations
 TBW/weight 0.128 0.501 0.145 0.444 0.017 0.928
 ECW 0.217 0.249 0.507 0.004* 0.384 0.036*
 OH 0.495 0.005* 0.432 0.017* 0.507 0.004*

The bold value is used for correlation co-efficient and p-values with statistical significance

The relationship between variables was assessed using Spearman’s correlation. ECW extracellular water, Na+AveSC+M average of muscle and subcutaneous sodium, Na+M muscle sodium, Na+SC subcutaneous sodium, OH overhydration index, r correlation coefficient, Re extracellular resistance, Ri intracellular resistance, TBW total body water, Z impedance, Φ phase angle

*Indicates significance of < 0.05