Table 5.

Pearson correlation with the SMI of male and females.

	Male		Female
	r	P-value	r	P-value
CRP	0.0623	0.67	0.0637	0.75
ALB	0.132	0.37	0.377	0.048
IL-6	− 0.242	0.094	− 0.484	0.012
TNF-α	0.163	0.262	− 0.011	0.96
GDF-8	0.153	0.29	0.0993	0.63
GDF-15	− 0.414	0.0031	− 0.248	0.22

Data were analyzed by the Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient.

CRP C-reactive protein, ALB albumin, IL-6 interleukin-6, TNF-α tumor necrosis factor-alpha, GDF-8 growth differentiation factor-8, GDF-15 growth differentiation factor-15, SMI skeletal muscle mass index.

Significant values are in bold.