Impact of current or past physical activity level on functional capacities and body composition among elderly people: a cross-sectional analysis from the YMCA study

Table 1 Impact of current PA level or type of PA on functional capacities and body composition

	Total PA level (min)		Body & mind activities (min)		Aerobic activities (min)		Resistance activities (min)
	β	p	Β	P	β	p	β	p
BODY COMPOSITION
Total LBM (kg)	0.13	0.14	−0.22	0.02	0.16	0.09	0.17	0.05
Appendicular lean mass (kg/m²)	0.14	0.17	−0.05	0.94	0.13	0.14	0.10	0.25
Total Fat mass (%)	−2.09	0.04	0.05	0.57	−0.15	0.07	− 0.16	0.04
MUSCLE FUNCTION
Grip strength (kg)	−0.23	0.82	−0.04	0.49	0.02	0.73	−0.08	0.24
Relative grip strength (kg/BW)	−0.21	0.5	0.06	0.86	−0.21	0.49	−0.21	0.49
Muscle Power (N; Takaï)	0.07	0.20	−0.03	0.58	0.08	0.16	0.04	0.55
Knee extension strength (kg)	−0.03	0.59	−0.04	0.48	0.06	0.36	0.11	0.09
FUNCTIONAL CAPACITIES
TUG (s)	0.01	0.83	0.001	0.98	−0.02	0.69	0.02	0.67
Fast TUG (s)	−0.08	0.08	−0.02	0.71	0.005	0.92	−0.02	0.66
Sit-to-stand (s)	−0.08	0.13	0.04	0.43	−0.07	0.18	−0.10	0.05
Balance (s)	0.10	0.05	0.17	0.001	0.05	0.34	0.03	0.58
Alternate step test (n)	0.05	0.34	0.05	0.33	0.06	0.20	−0.08	0.10
AEROBIC CAPACITIES
Estimated VO2 max (ml/min/kg)	0.06	0.58	0.18	0.10	−0.04	0.72	0.15	0.16

Legend: Multiple regression adjusted on age, sex and BMI; Significant: P < 0.05. TUG timed up and Go, LBM lean body mass

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