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 6 Impact of past 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)	−0.007	0.94	0.08	0.40	−0.05	0.57	−0.12	0.17
Appendicular lean mass (kg/m²)	−0.11	0.23	0.07	0.40	−0.001	0.99	−0.017	0.06
Total Fat mass (%)	0.04	0.67	−0.06	0.47	0.10	0.19	−0.09	0.29
MUSCLE FUNCTION
Grip strength (kg)	−0.05	0.48	0.06	0.36	0.01	0.86	−0.08	0.23
Relative grip strength (kg/BW)	−0.23	0.45	−0.04	0.91	−0.40	0.19	0.05	0.87
Muscle Power (N; takaï)	0.02	0.75	0.04	0.46	−0.008	0.89	−0.07	0.24
Knee extension strength (kg)	−0.2	0.74	0.018	0.77	0.09	0.14	−0.06	0.31
FUNCTIONAL CAPACITIES
TUG (s)	0.07	0.14	−0.02	0.74	−0.02	0.73	0.02	0.68
Fast TUG (s)	0.006	0.12	−0.09	0.08	0.02	0.64	−0.06	0.19
Sit-to-stand (s)	−0.05	0.35	−0.001	0.99	−0.02	0.69	0.06	0.28
Balance (s)	0.05	0.39	0.05	0.38	0.10	0.05	0.09	0.09
Alternate step test (n)	0.04	0.48	−0.006	0.90	−0.04	0.43	−0.08	0.10
AEROBIC CAPACITIES
Estimated VO2 max (ml/min/kg)	0.009	0.86	− 0.045	0.38	0.04	0.89	0.018	0.72

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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