Table 2.
Correlation among body composition, circulating inflammatory markers, geriatric nutritional risk index, and simplified creatinine index in adults undergoing maintenance hemodialysis.
| Correlations a | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N = 230 | BMI | FFMI | FMI | GNRI | SCI | IL-6 | TNF-α | IL-8 | MCP-1 | sTLR4 |
| BMI | 1 | |||||||||
| FFMI | 0.479 d | 1 | ||||||||
| FMI | 0.835 d | −0.041 | 1 | |||||||
| GNRI | 0.377 d | 0.307 d | 0.253 d | 1 | ||||||
| SCI | 0.266 d | 0.645 d | −0.078 | 0.443 d | 1 | |||||
| IL-6 | −0.062 | −0.107 | −0.013 | −0.426 d | −0.316 d | 1 | ||||
| TNF-α | −0.039 | −0.178 c | 0.074 | −0.266 d | −0.275 d | 0.415 d | 1 | |||
| IL-8 | −0.133 | −0.161 b | −0.049 | −0.331 d | −0.359 d | 0.452 d | 0.631 d | 1 | ||
| MCP-1 | 0.006 | −0.155 b | 0.101 | −0.115 | −0.184 c | 0.301 d | 0.378 d | 0.344 d | 1 | |
| sTLR4 | 0.005 | −0.121 | 0.061 | −0.108 | −0.150 b | 0.311 d | 0.356 d | 0.326 d | 0.248 d | 1 |
Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; FFMI, fat-free mass index; FMI, fat mass index; GNRI, geriatric nutritional risk index; IL-6, interleukin-6; IL-8, interleukin-8; MCP-1, monocyte chemoattractant protein-1; SCI, simplified creatinine index; sTLR4, soluble Toll-like receptor 4; TNF-α, tumor necrosis factor-α. a Spearman’s correlation coefficients are shown. b P < 0.05. c P < 0.01. d P < 0.001.