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Table 4 State 4o 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)

−0.24

n/a

n/a

n/a

−0.20

n/a

n/a

−0.35

n/a

n/a

Waist Circumference (cm)

−0.09

0.19

0.24

0.43*

−0.06

0.28

0.38

−0.20

0.24

0.58

Waist/Hip ratio

0.19

0.29

0.28

0.36

0.27

0.38

0.47

−0.17

−0.08

0.11

Total Fat Mass (kg)

−0.28

0.11

0.12

0.13

−0.16

0.13

0.12

−0.52

0.08

0.19

Total Lean Massa (kg)

−0.13

0.05

0.20

0.14

−0.16

0.02

0.07

−0.12

0.40

0.21

Percent Fat Mass

−0.18

0.04

0.00

0.07

−0.10

0.20

0.16

−0.55

−0.23

0.03

Leg Fat Mass to Total Fat Mass ratio

0.15

−0.00

−0.02

−0.06

0.35

0.29

0.28

−0.26

−0.38

−0.39

Thigh Fat Volume (cm3)

−0.12

0.15

0.19

0.29

0.03

0.46

0.42

−0.31

−0.27

0.23

Thigh Subcutaneous Fat (cm3)

−0.12

0.14

0.17

0.26

0.03

0.45

0.12

−0.31

−0.30

0.19

Thigh Intermuscular Fat (cm3)

−0.09

0.24

0.23

0.31

0.02

0.25

0.33

−0.22

0.29

0.37

Total Thigh Muscle (cm3)

−0.01

−0.04

−0.01

0.00

−0.40

−0.40

−0.33

0.22

0.26

0.03

Thigh Intermuscular Fat/Total Thigh Fat Ratio

−0.03

0.19

0.20

0.18

0.03

0.19

0.29

−0.07

0.43

0.27

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