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 2 Correlations between current PA level or type of PA and functional capacties and body composition, among men (n = 163)

	Total PA level (min)		Body & mind activities (min)		Aerobic activities (min)		Resistance activities (min)
	R	p	r	P	R	p	r	p
BODY COMPOSITION
Total LBM (kg)	0.16	0.84	0.11	0.17	0.02	0.81	0.08	0.30
Appendicular lean mass (kg/m²)	0.05	0.52	0.06	0.45	0.04	0.59	−0.003	0.97
Total Fat mass (%)	0.06	0.49	0.03	0.74	0.03	0.74	−0.08	0.31
MUSCLE FUNCTION
Grip strength (kg)	0.01	0.94	0.03	0.73	0.04	0.63	−0.06	0.44
Relative grip strength (kg/BW)	−0.65	0.16	−0.78	0.07	−0.44	0.38	−0.76	0.08
Muscle Power (N; Takaï)	0.07	0.48	−0.05	0.61	0.07	0.51	0.11	0.28
Knee extension strength (kg)	0.018	0.83	−0.07	0.39	−0.019	0.82	0.16	0.04
FUNCTIONAL CAPACITIES
TUG (s)	0.09	0.25	0.07	0.41	−0.09	0.22	0.026	0.74
Fast TUG (s)	−0.05	0.55	−0.014	0.86	−0.08	0.35	0.04	0.63
Sit-to-stand (s)	−0.06	0.57	0.013	0.89	0.03	0.75	−0.13	0.20
Balance (s)	0.13	0.09	0.09	0.27	0.11	0.15	0.05	0.56
Alternate step test (n)	0.04	0.63	0.06	0.46	0.09	0.26	−0.16	0.04
AEROBIC CAPACITIES
Estimated VO2 max (ml/min/kg)	0.07	0.42	−0.05	0.47	0.11	0.20	−0.03	0.71

Legend: Pearson correlations; Significant: P < 0.05. TUG timed up and Go, LBM lean body mass

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