Associations between body composition and nutritional assessments and biochemical markers in patients with chronic radiation enteritis: a case–control study

Table 4 Correlations between body composition parameters and biochemical markers in patients with CRE

		Albumin	NLR	CRP	TC
BCM	r	0.489**	−0.140*	−0.215**	0.237**
BCM	p	<0.001	0.020	<0.001	<0.001
ICW	r	0.511**	−0.155*	−0.233**	0.255**
ICW	p	<0.001	0.010	<0.001	<0.001
TBW	r	0.349**	−0.077	−0.124*	0.136*
TBW	p	<0.001	0.203	0.041	0.024
ECW	r	−0.082	0.115	0.145*	−0.158**
ECW	p	0.183	0.059	0.016	0.009
FFM	r	0.354**	−0.074	−0.127*	0.138*
FFM	p	<0.001	0.223	0.036	0.023
FM	r	0.585**	−0.267**	−0.375**	0.485**
FM	p	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
Protein	r	0.426**	−0.100	−0.169**	−0.188**
Protein	p	<0.001	0.099	0.005	0.002
Mineral	r	0.116	0.072	−0.014	−0.040
Mineral	p	0.059	0.236	0.814	0.507

*Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level. **Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level. CRE chronic radiation enteritis, NLR neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio, CRP C-reactive protein, TC total cholesterol, ICW intracellular water, ECW extracellular water, TBW total body water, FFM fat-free mass, FM fat mass, BCM body cell mass