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Table 3 State 3 Respiration Correlation Coefficients with Obesity and Total and Thigh Body Composition and Body Fat Distribution for All Participants and Split by Gender

From: Relationships between mitochondrial content and bioenergetics with obesity, body composition and fat distribution in healthy older adults

 

Both Genders

Female

Male

Pearson

Partial (BMI)

Partial (BMI + gender)

Partial (BMI + gender + age)

Pearson

Partial (BMI)

Partial (BMI + age)

Pearson

Partial (BMI)

Partial (BMI + age)

BMI (kg/m2)

−0.22

n/a

n/a

n/a

−0.32

n/a

n/a

−0.26

n/a

n/a

Waist Circumference (cm)

−0.01

0.33

0.27

0.49*

−0.17

0.27

0.39

−0.06

0.29

0.76**

Waist/Hip ratio

0.19

0.29

0.28

0.45*

0.16

0.28

0.48

0.16

0.41

0.48

Total Fat Mass (kg)

−0.32

−0.14

0.00

0.10

−0.28

0.08

0.09

−0.41

−0.26

0.17

Total Lean Massa (kg)

0.061

0.25

0.14

0.17

−0.26

0.03

0.06

0.04

0.40

0.36

Percent Fat Mass

−0.35

−0.20

−0.04

0.04

−0.23

0.16

0.16

−0.50

−0.47

−0.13

Leg Fat Mass to Total Fat Mass ratio

0.01

−0.05

0.00

−0.10

0.37

0.26

0.26

−0.66*

−0.68*

−0.71*

Total Thigh Fat (cm3)

−0.29

−0.12

0.07

0.14

−0.13

0.33

0.32

−0.38

−0.59

−0.11

Thigh Subcutaneous Fat (cm3)

−0.30

−0.14

0.04

0.11

−0.13

0.32

0.32

−0.39

−0.62

−0.15

Thigh Intermuscular Fat (cm3)

−0.08

0.17

0.25

0.40

−0.08

0.24

0.29

−0.44

0.33

0.60

Total Thigh Muscle (cm3)

0.12

0.14

−0.07

−0.03

−0.49

−0.42

−0.36

0.28

0.37

0.14

Thigh Intermuscular Fat/Total Thigh Fat Ratio

0.15

0.27

0.26

0.37

−0.01

0.18

0.31

0.25

0.56

0.57

  1. BMI body mass index
  2. aVariables were square-root-transformed to achieve normal distribution
  3. * = p ≤ 0.05, ** = p ≤ 0.01,
  4. Females: N = 12; Males: N = 12-13