Table 5 Pearson correlation with the SMI of male and females.

From: High serum concentrations of growth differentiation factor-15 and their association with Crohn’s disease and a low skeletal muscle index

 

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

  1. Data were analyzed by the Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient.
  2. 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.
  3. Significant values are in bold.
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