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Table 2 Correlations between the physical fitness and blood serum indices and S1 score

From: Physical activity and somatic symptoms among hemodialysis patients: a multi-center study in Zhejiang, China

Index

Pearson Correlation

TSF

−.736a

MAMC

−.735a

Grip strength

−.660a

5-m walking time

.726a

Sit-to-stand test

−.366a

Average step number

−.813a

LC

.470a

hsCRP

.504a

Alb

−.807

  1. Average step number a patient performed each day for a week in our study
  2. TSF Thickness of triceps skinfold, MAMC Midarm Muscle Circumference, LC Leukocyte count, hsCRP hypersensitive C-reactive protein, Alb Albumin
  3. aCorrelation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed). Statistical analysis was performed using the Pearson chi-squared test
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BMC Nephrology

ISSN: 1471-2369

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