Relationship between Urinary Liver-Type Fatty Acid-Binding Protein (L-FABP) and Sarcopenia in Spontaneously Diabetic Torii Fatty Rats

Table 3

Relationships between renal morphological change and muscle strength, and weights of the soleus and extensor digitorum longus (EDL) muscles in 24-week-old SD and SDT fatty rats.

Renal interstitial change	Muscle strength and weight	Correlation coefficient ()
Macrophage infiltration	Muscle strength	-0.76
	Weight of soleus muscle	-0.67
	Weight of EDL muscle	-0.64
α-SMA expression	Muscle strength	-0.69
	Weight of soleus muscle	-0.67
	Weight of EDL muscle	-0.61
Collagen type I expression	Muscle strength	-0.57
	Weight of soleus muscle	-0.67
	Weight of EDL muscle	-0.62
Collagen type III expression	Muscle strength	-0.58
	Weight of soleus muscle	-0.83
	Weight of EDL muscle	-0.70
Glomerular sclerosis score	Muscle strength	-0.79
	Weight of soleus muscle	-0.49
	Weight of EDL muscle	-0.71

and .