Fig. 4

Correlation analysis between pre-treatment SMD and clinical parameters. (A) Hierarchical clustering heat map depicting correlations among all variables; (B–H) Pearson correlation analyses between pre-treatment SMD and skeletal muscle index (SMI), visceral adipose tissue area (VATA), subcutaneous adipose tissue area (SATA), total adipose tissue area (TATA), hemoglobin levels, body mass index (BMI), and age, respectively.