Table 4.

Pearson’s correlation coefficient among nutritional status measured by different methods including MNA-SF, serum prealbumin, triceps skinfold thickness, and calf circumference.

Pearson’s Correlation Coefficient	Nutritional Status Evaluation
	Prealbumin Levels	Triceps Skinfold Thickness	Calf Circumference
MNA-SF	−0.005	0.262 **	0.304 **
Prealbumin levels	-	0.036	0.045
Triceps skinfold thickness	-	-	0.212 **

MNA-SA, Mini Nutritional Assessment Short-Form; ** Statistically significant for p ≤ 0.001.