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 7 Correlations between past PA level or type of PA on functional capacities 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)	0.002	0.98	0.07	0.36	− 0.13	0.10	− 0.03	0.75
Appendicular lean mass (kg/m²)	0.05	0.57	0.05	0.53	−0.11	0.18	−0.05	0.54
Total Fat mass (%)	0.01	0.89	−0.14	0.08	−0.006	0.94	0.07	0.36
MUSCLE FUNCTION
Grip strength (kg)	−0.006	0.94	0.06	0.47	−0.006	0.94	0.005	0.95
Relative grip strength (kg/BW)	0.011	0.98	0.06	0.98	−0.14	0.79	0.19	0.72
Muscle Power (N; Takaï)	0.11	0.31	0.13	0.21	−0.04	0.74	−0.08	0.47
Knee extension strength (kg)	0.12	0.19	0.12	0.16	0.16	0.06	−0.08	0.34
FUNCTIONAL CAPACITIES
TUG (s)	0.015	0.86	−0.07	0.38	−0.08	0.32	0.07	0.39
Fast TUG (s)	0.05	0.49	−0.04	0.64	−0.006	0.94	−0.02	0.77
Sit-to-stand (s)	−0.13	0.19	−0.05	0.65	−0.12	0.25	0.08	0.46
Balance (s)	0.009	0.92	0.02	0.77	0.09	0.23	0.04	0.65
Alternate step test (n)	0.13	0.11	0.07	0.37	0.08	0.34	0.05	0.51
AEROBIC CAPACITIES
Estimated VO2 max (ml/min/kg)	0.05	0.58	−0.07	0.37	0.03	0.75	0.008	0.92

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

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