Association between inflammation and skeletal muscle proteolysis, skeletal mass and strength in elderly heart failure patients and their prognostic implications

Table 4 Relationships between the clinical features and skeletal muscle measurements in the heart failure patients

	Age	Female	AF	CRP	IL-6	BNP	LAD	LVEF	Thigh circumference	Rectus femoris thickness	Knee extensor strength	3-MH/Cr
Female	−0.05
AF	−0.13	0.13
CRP	0.13	0.10	0.11
IL-6	0.22	0.07	0.21	0.51^§
BNP	0.31^#	0.04	0.31^#	0.31^#	0.50^§
LAD	0.05	−0.07	0.22^*	0.16	0.05	0.24^*
LVEF	0.08	−0.08	− 0.23	−0.32^§	− 0.52^§	−0.49^§	− 0.20
Thigh circumference	−0.41^#	−0.14	0.13	−0.17	− 0.22	−0.40^#	− 0.02	0.32^#
Rectus femoris thickness	−0.35^#	−0.31^*	0.07	−0.27^#	− 0.41^§	−0.42^§	− 0.05	0.31^#	0.49^§
Knee extensor strength	−0.36^#	−0.21	0.05	−0.36^#	− 0.41^§	−0.60^§	− 0.14	0.43^§	0.50^§	0.69^§
3-MH/Cr	0.09	0.17	0.26^*	0.21^#	0.28^#	0.26^#	0.14	−0.12	−0.26^*	−0.24^*	− 0.22^*
6-min walk distance	−0.19	−0.14	0.10	−0.42^§	− 0.77^§	−0.42^§	− 0.16	0.46^§	0.23^*	0.32^*	0.37^#	−0.28^*

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