Table 2.

Pearson correlation coefficients between muscle mass and patient characteristics at baseline by gender (for men and women)

Variable	Muscle mass (kg/m2)
	men		women
	r	P	r	P
Age (years)	− 0.244	0.019	0.111	0.015
Body weight (kg)	0.292	0.005	0.295	<0.001
Height (cm)	0.098	0.355	−0.078	0.088
BMI (kg/m2)	0.291	0.005	0.326	<0.001
ALT (IU/L)	0.093	0.378	0.139	0.002
AST (IU/L)	0.243	0.167	0.177	0.101
TG (mmol/L)	−0.025	0.815	−0.01	0.834
TC (mmol/L)	−0.108	0.304	−0.055	0.232
ALB (g/L)	0.232	0.026	−0.003	0.943
Cr (μmol/L)	0.101	0.339	0.193	<0.001
UA (μmol/L)	0.179	0.087	0.142	0.002
FPG (mmol/L)	−0.251	0.016	0.111	0.015
Gait speed (m/s)	0.153	0.145	−0.026	0.568
Muscle strength (kg)	0.315	0.002	−0.041	0.364