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Table 5 The correlation with questionnaire data and carnitine fraction level

From: Blood carnitine profiling on tandem mass spectrometry in liver cirrhotic patients

  

C0

C2

C3

C16

C18.1

CSS

Correlation Coefficient

.314*

.286*

.281*

.379**

.336*

P value

.026

.044

.048

.007

.017

PSQI

Correlation Coefficient

.148

.086

.166

.048

.188

P value

.312

.557

.253

.741

.195

ESS

Correlation Coefficient

−.075

.033

.114

.141

.036

P value

.611

.822

.434

.334

.807

SF-36

PCS

Correlation Coefficient

−.355*

−.486**

−.083

−.262

−.403**

P value

.016

.001

.583

.078

.005

MCS

Correlation Coefficient

−.171

−.191

−.179

−.116

−.207

P value

.255

.203

.233

.443

.168

RCS

Correlation Coefficient

−.100

−.175

−.157

−.169

−.243

P value

.508

.246

.297

.262

.103

  1. Abbreviations: CSS cirrhosis-related symptom scores; PSQI Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index; ESS Epworth Sleepiness Scale; SF-36, 36-item short-form health survey; health; PCS Physical component summary; MCS Mental component summary; RCS Role/Social component summary