A Combination of Serum Biomarkers in Elderly Patients with Sarcopenia: A Cross-Sectional Observational Study

Table 4

Correlation analysis between indexes and sarcopenia.

Variable	r	value
Age	0.287	0.016
BMI	−0.146	0.226
Hand strength	−0.391	0.001
Gait speed	−0.439	<0.001
Muscle thickness
Biceps	−0.253	0.034
Quadriceps	−0.358	0.002
Albumin	−0.261	0.029
IL-6	0.265	0.027
IL-17A	0.308	0.009
IL-10	−0.301	0.011
TNF-α	0.171	0.156

BMI: body mass index; IL-6: interleukin-6; IL-17A: interleukin-17A; IL-10: interleukin-10; TNF-α: tumor necrosis factor-α; r: correlation coefficient. ; ; .