Table 2.

Correlation coefficients and P value between carnitine levels and age, BMI, SMI, and PNI

	TC		FC		AC
Variable	r	P value	r	P value	r	P value
Age	−0.03	0.73	−0.03	0.79	−0.004	0.96
BMI (kg/m2)	0.35	0.0002	0.3	0.0013	0.3	0.0015
SMI (cm2/m2)	0.3	0.0014	0.29	0.002	0.13	0.18
PNI	0.22	0.018	0.25	0.007	−0.026	0.79

BMI, body mass index; PNI, prognostic nutritional index; SMI, skeletal muscle index.