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. 2022 Jun 16;10(17):5551–5565. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v10.i17.5551

Table 3.

Correlation of inflammatory markers and appetite regulating hormones with various nutritional parameters

Spearman's correlation coefficient
CRP (mg/L)
IL-6 (pg/mL)
TNF-α (pg/mL)
Ghrelin (pg/mL)
CCK (pg/mL)
Weight loss (%) rho -0.21 0.263 0.438 0.12 0.242
P 0.124 0.052 0.001 0.385 0.075
BMI (kg/m2) rho 0.638 0.31 0.024 -0.342 0.411
P 0.001 0.021 0.861 0.011 0.002
NRS2002 rho -0.236 0.193 0.355 -0.057 0.142
P 0.083 0.157 0.008 0.682 0.302
Adipose tissue (%) rho 0.313 0.136 0.069 -0.348 0.289
P 0.02 0.324 0.617 0.009 0.033
Albumin (g/L) rho 0.002 -0.384 -0.461 -0.024 -0.026
P 0.987 0.004 0.001 0.861 0.848
Cholesterol (U/L) rho -0.162 0.054 -0.212 0.209 0.355
P 0.238 0.696 0.121 0.125 0.008
Apetite (VAS) rho 0.047 0.039 0.037 0.027 -0.121
P 0.733 0.776 0.786 0.847 0.379

CRP: C-reactive protein; IL-6: Interleukin 6; TNF-α: Tumor necrosis factor α; CCK: Cholecystokinin; BMI: Body mass index; NRS: Nutritional risk screening; VAS: Visual analog scale.