Serum Transthyretin Level as a Plausible Marker for Diagnosis of Child Acute Malnutrition

Table 4

Gender adjusted Pearson correlation coefficients between anthropometric and biochemical indices for malnourished children.

	Age	Height	Weight	TTR	Albumin	Age control	Weight control	Height control	TTR control	Albumin control
				0.04	0.085	−0.08	−0.032	−0.105	−0.171	0.022
	0.019	0.003	0.002	0.73	0.553	0.593	0.826	0.463	0.877	0.23
	−0.05	−0.07	−0.079	0.048		0.026	−0.085	−0.013	0.133	0.183
	0.73	0.59	0.632	0.737	0.03	0.854	0.554	0.958	0.351	0.200
	−0.05	0.038	0.164	0.085		0.055	−0.051	−0.068	0.052	0.013
	0.73	0.79	0.84	0.55	0.03	0.702	0.724	0.635	0.718	0.188

Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed). Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed).