Table 2.
Correlations between normalized values of lower extremity muscle strength, appendicular lean mass (ALM), appendicular lean mass index (ALMI), total lean mass, trunk lean mass, and leg lean mass.
| ALM | ALMI | Total lean mass | Trunk lean mass | Leg lean mass | ||
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| HF | r | 0.437∗∗ | 0.446∗∗ | 0.512∗∗ | 0.501∗∗ | 0.496∗∗ |
| p value | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | |
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| HE | r | 0.261∗ | 0.255∗ | 0.259∗ | 0.246∗ | 0.242∗ |
| p value | 0.014 | 0.016 | 0.014 | 0.020 | 0.022 | |
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| HABD | r | 0.303∗∗ | 0.296∗∗ | 0.323∗∗ | 0.322∗∗ | 0.281∗∗ |
| p value | 0.004 | 0.004 | 0.002 | 0.002 | 0.007 | |
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| HADD | r | 0.367∗∗ | 0.358∗∗ | 0.316∗∗ | 0.292∗∗ | 0.307∗∗ |
| p value | <0.001 | <0.001 | 0.002 | 0.005 | 0.003 | |
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| KF | r | 0.418∗∗ | 0.405∗∗ | 0.418∗∗ | 0.415∗∗ | 0.361∗∗ |
| p value | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | |
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| KE | r | 0.350∗∗ | 0.346∗∗ | 0.379∗∗ | 0.382∗∗ | 0.349∗∗ |
| p value | 0.001 | 0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | 0.001 | |
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| APF | r | 0.272∗∗ | 0.276∗∗ | 0.267∗∗ | 0.253∗ | 0.233∗ |
| p value | 0.008 | 0.007 | 0.010 | 0.015 | 0.025 | |
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| ADF | r | 0.238∗ | 0.215∗ | 0.249∗ | 0.257∗ | 0.204∗ |
| p value | 0.022 | 0.038 | 0.016 | 0.013 | 0.050 | |
∗ p < 0.05; ∗∗p < 0.01. HF: hip flexor, HE: hip extensor, HABD: hip abductor, HADD: hip adductor, KF: knee flexor, KE: knee extensor, APF: ankle plantar flexor, ADF: ankle dorsiflexor, ALM: appendicular lean mass, and ALMI: appendicular lean mass index. Significant variables after Bonferroni correction are shown in bold font.