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Table 5 Spearman’s rank correlation between FFMI (kg/m 2 ) and some parameters

From: Dietary intake of patients with moderate to severe COPD in relation to fat-free mass index: a cross-sectional study

 

FFMI (kg/m 2 )

 

r

p

Age

−0.059

0.641

FEV1 (%)

0.092

0.465

FEV1/FVC (%)

0.217

0.082

Handgript strength (kg)

0.331

0.007*

TEE (kkal/d)

0.548

0.000**

PAL

0.216

0.084

Serum albumin (g/dL)

0.288

0.022*

Serum total protein (g/dL)

0.159

0.213

  1. Spearman’s rank correlation between FFMI (kg/m2) and some parameters. Asterisks indicate a significant correlation between groups: *P < 0.05; **P < 0.001.