Table 3.

Pearson correlation analysis

	PG-SGA		L3 SMI
	r	p	r	p
PG-SGA	–	–	−0.857	< 0.001
L3 SMI	−0.857	< 0.001	–	–
Age	0.296	0.002	−0.240	0.012
ALB	−0.205	0.039	0.216	0.029
NLR	0.248	0.020	−0.314	0.003
BMI	−0.247	0.009	0.143	0.137

Simple Pearson correlation analysis was conducted

PG-SGA the Patient-Generated Subjective Global Assessment, ALB albumin, NLR neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio, L3 SMI the third lumbar vertebra skeletal muscle index, BMI body mass index