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. 2022 Jul 21;14(7):e27118. doi: 10.7759/cureus.27118

Table 2. Correlation between edema, age, laboratory date, GNRI, and physical function.

ECW/TBW: Extracellular water/total body water, eGFR: Estimated glomerular filtration rate, Alb: Albuminm, Hb: Hemoglobin, GNRI: Geriatric nutritional risk index, TUG: Timed up & go test, IPS: Index of postural stability

Spearman's rank correlation coefficient *p<0.05; **p<0.01

Variables ECW/TBW Edema scale Age eGFR Alb Hb GNRI Knee extension muscle strength TUG IPS Total trajectory length
ECW/TBW   0.605** 0.243 -0.151 -0.745** -0.419* -0.699** -0.395* 0.572** -0.087 -0.122
Edema scale 0.605**   -0.073 -0.286 -0.515** -0.036 -0.422* -0.352 0.408 -0.141 0.103
Age 0.243 -0.073   -0.096 -0.26 -0.388* -0.333 -0.308 0.503* -0.394* 0.002
eGFR -0.151 -0.286 -0.096   0.25 0.436* 0.119 0.319 -0.612** 0.145 -0.240
Alb -0.745** -0.515** -0.26 0.25   0.471** 0.964** 0.327 -0.511 0.063 -0.018
Hb -0.419* -0.036 -0.388* 0.436* 0.471**   0.455* 0.308 -0.618** 0.181 -0.007
GNRI -0.699** -0.422* -0.333 0.119 0.964** 0.455*   0.282 -0.455** 0.006 0.055
Knee extension muscle strength -0.395* -0.352 -0.308 0.319 0.327 0.308 0.282   -0.764** 0.243 -0.211
TUG 0.572** 0.408 0.503* -0.612** -0.511 -0.618** -0.455** -0.764**   -0.498* 0.404
IPS -0.087 -0.141 -0.394* 0.145 0.063 0.181 0.006 0.243 -0.498*   -0.385*
Total trajectory length -0.122 0.103 0.002 -0.240 -0.018 -0.007 0.055 -0.211 0.404 -0.385*