Effect of cachexia on bone turnover in cancer patients: a case-control study

BMC Cancer

Table 3 BTM correlations with anthropometric, BIA and laboratory parameters (n = 52)

	CTX		Ocn		PINP
	r	p	r	p	r	p
Anthropometric and BIA parameters
Age	−0.04	0.7	−0.18	0.2	−0.04	0.8
BMI	*−0.33*	*0.01*	0.14	0.3	−0.14	0.3
Weight	*−0.29*	*0.03*	0.09	0.5	−0.1	0.5
Waist circumference	*−0.34*	*0.01*	−0.09	0.5	*−0.29*	*0.04*
Fat mass	−0.26	0.06	0.03	0.8	−0.1	0.4
Total body water	*−0.32*	*0.03*	0.05	0.7	−0.05	0.7
ECW/ICW	− 0.14	0.4	− 0.16	0.2	− 0.05	0.7
BCM	−0.19	0.2	*0.36*	*0.008*	0.06	0.6
Phase angle	−0.21	0.2	0.26	0.05	−0.003	0.9
SMI	−0.21	0.1	0.01	0.9	0.04	0.8
Laboratory parameters
eGFR	0.07	0.6	0.2	0.1	0.07	0.6
CRP	*0.37*	*0.007*	−0.08	0.5	0.1	0.4
Albumin	*−0.45*	*0.001*	0.26	0.06	−0.12	0.4
Cholinesterase	*−0.39*	*0.004*	*0.37*	*0.007*	−0.1	0.5
ALP	0.25	0.07	0.04	0.7	0.25	0.07
GGT	*0.31*	*0.02*	−0.15	0.26	0.01	0.9
Hemoglobin	−0.27	0.05	0.17	0.2	−0.21	0.1
Lymphocytes	−0.17	0.2	0.06	0.6	−0.19	0.2
Bone metabolism parameters
PTH	−0.11	0.4	0.19	0.2	−0.06	0.7
25(OH)D	−0.16	0.2	0.13	0.3	0.04	0.7
TSH	0.19	0.2	−0.06	0.6	0.07	0.6

Abbreviations: BTM bone turnover markers, BIA bioimpedance analysis, CTX carboxy terminal telopeptide of collagen type I, Ocn osteocalcin, PINP procollagen type I N-terminal propeptides, BMI body mass index, ECW extracellular water, ICW intracellular water, BCM body cell mass, SMI skeletal muscle index, eGFR estimated glomerular filtration rate, CRP C-reactive protein, ALP alkaline phosphatase, GGT gamma glutamyl transferase, 25(OH)D 25-hydroxy vitamin D

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