Table 2.

Pearson's correlation coefficient between BMI, FFMI, or SMI and other continuous variables

Variable	BMI		FFMI		SMI
	r	p‐Value	r	p‐Value	r	p‐Value
Age	−0.010	0.916	−0.106	0.254	−0.131	0.158
Oral secretory function
Mucosal wetness	−0.052	0.578	−0.057	0.539	−0.053	0.574
Oral motor function
Number of teeth present	−0.146	0.115	−0.072	0.444	−0.060	0.521
Masticatory performance	−0.048	0.611	0.032	0.731	0.034	0.717
Maximum tongue pressure	0.302	0.001*	0.417	<0.001*	0.423	<0.001*
Lip‐seal strength	0.261	0.004*	0.359	<0.001*	0.362	<0.001
Oral diadochokinetic rate
/pa/	−0.010	0.916	0.134	0.151	0.139	0.136
/ta/	−0.139	0.136	−0.033	0.722	−0.020	0.831
/ka/	−0.103	0.268	−0.113	0.226	−0.111	0.235

Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; FFMI, Fat‐free mass index; SMI, Skeletal muscle mass index.