Table 12 Correlation between ultrasound muscle thickness quadriceps muscle index and anthropometric measurement and laboratory results

RT mid arm USG

R

− 0.220

0.817

0.534

0.802

0.026

0.527

− 0.373

− 0.525

− 0.009

− 0.309

P value

0.027

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

0.798

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

0.927

0.002

N

101

101

101

101

101

101

101

101

101

101

LT mid arm USG

R

− 0.198

0.833

0.552

0.805

0.007

0.539

− 0.362

− 0.526

0.032

− 0.319

P value

0.047

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

0.944

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

0.754

0.001

N

101

101

101

101

101

101

101

101

101

101

Mean RT&LT mid arm USG

R

− 0.211

0.833

0.548

0.811

0.017

0.538

− 0.371

− 0.530

0.011

− 0.317

P value

0.034

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

0.869

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

0.912

0.001

N

101

101

101

101

101

101

101

101

101

101

RT mid-thigh USG

R

− 0.189

0.782

0.543

0.740

0.070

0.499

− 0.401

− 0.464

− 0.041

− 0.326

P value

0.058

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

0.485

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

0.683

0.001

N

101

101

101

101

101

101

101

101

101

101

LT mid- thigh USG

R

− 0.126

0.735

0.478

0.733

− 0.005

0.476

− 0.462

− 0.502

0.013

− 0.347

P value

0.210

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

0.960

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

0.895

< 0.001

N

101

101

101

101

101

101

101

101

101

101

Mean RT&LT mid-thigh USG

R

− 0.159

0.767

0.517

0.745

0.032

0.493

− 0.437

− 0.490

− 0.013

− 0.341

P value

0.113

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

0.749

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

0.893

< 0.001

N

101

101

101

101

101

101

101

101

101

101

USG Quadriceps thickness index

R

− 0.148

0.634

0.329

0.722

0.011

0.476

− 0.473

− 0.472

− 0.035

− 0.346

P value

0.141

< 0.001

0.001

< 0.001

0.912

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

0.729

< 0.001

N

101

101

101

101

101

101

101

101

101

101