Table 2.

Correlation of VFA, SFA, SMM, and BMI with HRQoL scales.

	Baseline (Prior to Surgery)				6 Months Post-Surgery				12 Months Post-Surgery
	VFA	SFA	SMM	BMI	VFA	SFA	SMM	BMI	VFA	SFA	SMM	BMI
Global health/QoL
r	−0.002	−0.05	0.03	−0.08	−0.14	0.02	0.04	−0.08	−0.1	0.02	−0.08	−0.07
p-value	0.98	0.54	0.68	0.33	0.09	0.8	0.66	0.34	0.25	0.83	0.36	0.42
Physical functioning
r	−0.06	0.03	0.19	−0.04	−0.14	−0.01	0.18	−0.05	−0.18	−0.01	0.13	−0.08
p-value	0.51	0.69	0.02	0.65	0.1	0.91	0.04	0.58	0.03	0.9	0.14	0.38
Role functioning
r	−0.1	−0.04	0.07	−0.07	−0.09	0.04	0.04	−0.02	−0.1	−0.01	−0.06	−0.06
p-value	0.25	0.66	0.42	0.44	0.31	0.65	0.63	0.78	0.25	0.92	0.45	0.49
Social functioning
r	0.11	0.11	−0.06	0.08	−0.17	0.11	−0.11	−0.01	−0.14	−0.005	−0.05	−0.07
p-value	0.18	0.2	0.52	0.38	0.04	0.19	0.2	0.94	0.09	0.95	0.56	0.42
Fatigue
r	0.004	−0.03	−0.11	−0.03	0.13	−0.02	−0.1	0.003	0.1	−0.03	−0.03	0.04
p-value	0.96	0.72	0.2	0.7	0.13	0.83	0.22	0.96	0.24	0.72	0.74	0.68
Pain
r	−0.06	−0.07	−0.08	−0.06	0.12	0.03	−0.19	0.07	0.1	0.15	0.1	0.12
p-value	0.5	0.4	0.36	0.48	0.16	0.7	0.03	0.44	0.24	0.08	0.24	0.17

Univariate analysis using Spearman correlation coefficients. Spearman correlation coefficients and p-values in italics indicate a statistically significant correlation between CT-based body composition parameters and HRQoL scales. Health-related quality of life (HRQoL), quality of life (QoL), body mass index (BMI), visceral fat area (VFA), subcutaneous fat area (SFA), skeletal muscle mass (SMM), Spearman correlation coefficient (r).