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Table 3 Correlations among Myostatin serum levels, nutritional and functional parameters in HD patients

From: Significance of serum Myostatin in hemodialysis patients

N = 37

Age

HD-age

MSTN

Phosphate

BMI

LTI

FTI

CRP

Albumin

McA

MIS

Age

1

          

HD-age

0.12

1

         

MSTN

−0.63§

0.01

1

        

Phosphate

− 0.44+

− 0.08

0.4*

1

       

BMI

0.06

−0.09

− 0.4*

− 0.06

1

      

LTI

−0.68 §

0.143

0.82 §

0.38*

−0.45

1

     

FTI

0.28

−0.2

−0.65 §

− 0.18

− 0.18§

−0.7 §

1

    

CRP

0.27

0.17

−0.19

−0.12

0.05

−0.17

−0.06

1

   

Albumin

−0.09

−0.04

0.35*

0.02

0.14

0.3

−0.01

−0.07

1

  

McA

0.19

0.43+

0.06

−0.09

−0.54+

0.18

−0.45+

− 0.006

−0.18

1

 

MIS

0.47+

−0.06

−0.39*

− 0.04

−0.29

− 0.44+

−0.02

0.37*

−0.43*

0.12

1

  1. Correlation coefficients are shown. * p < 0.05; + p < 0.01; § p < 0.001
  2. Abbreviations: Hemodialysis (HD), Myostatin (Mstn), Body mass index (BMI), Fat tissue index (FTI), lean tissue index (LTI), Overhydration (OH), C-reactive protein (CRP), McAuley index (McA), Malnutrition Inflammation Score (MIS)
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