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 9 Correlations between past PA level or type of PA on functional capacities and body composition, among subjects< 65 years old (n = 338)

	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)	0.003	0.57	0.009	0.86	−0.10	0.05	−0.07	0.23
Appendicular lean mass (kg/m²)	−0.011	0.84	0.01	0.86	−0.11	0.05	−0.07	0.21
Total Fat mass (%)	−0.02	0.74	−0.08	0.13	0.08	0.14	−0.05	0.42
MUSCLE FUNCTION
Grip strength (kg)	−0.04	0.48	0.04	0.51	−0.08	0.15	0.02	0.67
Relative grip strength (kg/BW)	0.15	0.43	0.07	0.72	−0.38	0.05	0.25	0.19
Muscle Power (N; Takaï)	0.07	0.31	0.05	0.48	−0.06	0.37	−0.11	0.11
Knee extension strength (kg)	−0.005	0.93	0.05	0.40	0.001	0.98	−0.08	0.19
FUNCTIONAL CAPACITIES
TUG (s)	0.02	0.79	−0.06	0.30	−0.03	0.55	−0.02	0.72
Fast TUG (s)	0.001	0.99	−0.01	0.82	0.04	0.48	−0.03	0.55
Sit-to-stand (s)	−0.04	0.53	0.06	0.39	0.002	0.98	0.15	0.02
Balance (s)	0.008	0.81	0.03	0.65	0.04	0.42	0.03	0.65
Alternate step test (n)	−0.01	0.14	−0.05	0.37	−0.08	0.17	0.15	0.007
AEROBIC CAPACITIES
Estimated VO2 max (ml/min/kg)	0.04	0.48	−0.03	0.63	−0.008	0.88	−0.008	0.89

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

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