Table 5.
Pearson correlation coefficients between G tolerance and cardiac function.
| Variables | RGTa | SGTb | SBPc | DBPd | HRe | RCFIf | WCFIg | CFRh | |||||||||
| RGT | |||||||||||||||||
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r | 1 | .535 | .149 | .127 | –.187 | .087 | .234 | –.025 | ||||||||
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P value | — | <.001 | .03 | .07 | .006 | .20 | .001 | .72 | ||||||||
| SGT | |||||||||||||||||
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r | .535 | 1 | .167 | .199 | –.111 | .124 | .256 | –.048 | ||||||||
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P value | <.001 | — | .02 | .01 | .11 | .07 | <.001 | .49 | ||||||||
| SBP | |||||||||||||||||
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r | .149 | .167 | 1 | .519 | .181 | –.034 | .245 | .068 | ||||||||
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P value | .03 | .02 | — | <.001 | .008 | .62 | <.001 | .07 | ||||||||
| DBP | |||||||||||||||||
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r | .127 | .199 | .519 | 1 | .372 | –.020 | .091 | .060 | ||||||||
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P value | .07 | .01 | <.001 | — | <.001 | .78 | .19 | .38 | ||||||||
| HR | |||||||||||||||||
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r | –.187 | –.111 | .181 | .372 | 1 | –.310 | –.337 | .203 | ||||||||
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P value | .006 | .11 | .008 | <.001 | — | <.001 | <.001 | .003 | ||||||||
| RCFI | |||||||||||||||||
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r | .087 | .124 | –.034 | –.020 | –.310 | 1 | .329 | –.724 | ||||||||
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P value | .20 | .07 | .62 | .78 | <.001 | — | <.001 | <.001 | ||||||||
| WCFI | |||||||||||||||||
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r | .234 | .256 | .245 | .091 | –.337 | .329 | 1 | .177 | ||||||||
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P value | .001 | <.001 | <.001 | .19 | <.001 | <.001 | — | .009 | ||||||||
| CFR | |||||||||||||||||
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r | –.025 | –.048 | .068 | .060 | .203 | –.724 | .177 | 1 | ||||||||
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P value | .72 | .49 | .07 | .38 | .003 | <.001 | .009 | — | ||||||||
aRGT: relaxed G tolerance.
bSGT: straining G tolerance.
cSBP: systolic blood pressure.
dDBP: diastolic blood pressure.
eHR: heart rate.
fRCFI: resting cardiac force index.
gWCFI: walking cardiac force index.
hCFR: cardiac force ratio.