Muscle strength is associated with fracture risk obtained by fracture risk assessment tool (FRAX) in women with breast cancer

Table 4 Correlation between sarcopenia phenotypes with age, nutritional status, body composition, clinical variables, and risk of fractures in women with breast cancer

Variables (n = 62)	HGS		ASMI		TUGT
Variables (n = 62)	r	p	r	p	r	p
Age (years)	-0.330	0.009	0.153	0.264	0.415	0.001
Body mass (Kg)	0.292	0.021	0.704	< 0.001	0.019	0.881
BMI (Kg/m²)	0.122	0.344	0.748	< 0.001	0.089	0.489
CC (cm)	0.301	0.017	0.613	< 0.001	-0.027	0.834
WC (cm)	-0.037	0.778	0.601	< 0.001	0.241	0.059
Menopause time (years)	-0.126	0.377	0.012	0.936	0.188	0.187
Diagnosis time (months)	0.065	0.615	0.043	0.755	-0.099	0.446
FRAX Hip fractures (%)	-0.384	0.002	-0.028	0.838	0.370	0.003
FRAX Major fractures (%)	-0.383	0.002	-0.031	0.820	0.336	0.008
%BF (%)	0.077	0.577	0.407	0.002	0.016	0.907
VAT (cm²)	-0.006	0.967	0.477	< 0.001	0.176	0.204

Pearson's Correlation. %BF Percentage of total body fat, ASMI Appendicular skeletal muscle mass index, BMI Body Mass Index, CC Calf circumference, FRAX Fracture Risk Assessment Tool, HGS Handgrip strength, TUGT Timed Up and Go test, VAT Visceral adipose tissue, WC Waist circumference. Values in bold represent p < 0.05

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