Table 3 Spearman’s correlation analyses between serum albumin concentration or BTR and clinical variables (N = 111)

Weight (kg)

−0.213

0.025

−0.214

0.024

BMI (kg/m²)

−0.370

< 0.001

−0.217

0.022

SMI (kg/m²)

−0.511

< 0.001

−0.436

< 0.001

FMI (kg/m²)

0.104

0.279

0.238

0.012

Transthyretin (mg/dL)

0.281

0.003

0.172

0.072

Transferrin (mg/dL)

0.299

0.001

0.078

0.418

FT₃ (pg/mL)

0.013

0.896

−0.308

0.001

FT₄ (ng/dL)

0.107

0.262

−0.077

0.421

TSH (mIU/mL)

0.123

0.199

−0.019

0.846

BTR

0.438

< 0.001