TF and sarcopenia: In post hoc pairwise comparisons with Bonferroni adjustment, patients with severe sarcopenia were older than those without sarcopenia (p = 0.020), patients with severe sarcopenia had lower serum phosphate values than those with no or probable sarcopenia (p = 0.032 and p = 0.022 respectively) and patients with severe sarcopenia had lower serum transferrin values than those with no or confirmed sarcopenia (p = 0.010 and p = 0.009 respectively).