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Published in final edited form as: Public Health Nutr. 2008 Sep 9;12(8):1052–1060. doi: 10.1017/S1368980008003583

Table 3.

Phenotypic correlations among physical activity scores and body composition traits adjusted for all covariates: subset of adults from the Southwest Ohio Family Study whose visits occurred between January 2003 and November 2006

	Sport PA		Leisure PA		Work PA
	r	n	r	n	r	n
Weight^† (kg)	−0.17^**	519	−0.08	518	−0.008	517
Height (cm)	0.16^**	519	0.05	518	−0.06	517
BMI^† (kg/m²)	−0.23^***	519	−0.11^*	518	0.01	517
BFM (kg)	−0.25^***	488	−0.14^**	489	0.0003	487
%BF^‡	−0.32^***	488	−0.15^**	489	−0.009	487
TFM (kg)	−0.26^***	488	−0.13^**	489	0.008	487
VAT^† (kg)	−0.25^***	519	−0.16^**	518	−0.006	517
SAT^† (kg)	−0.26^***	519	−0.13^**	518	0.009	517
BFMI^† (kg/m²)	−0.27^***	488	−0.13^**	489	−0.004	487
TFMI^† (kg/m²)	−0.26^***	488	−0.13^**	489	−0.001	487
VFI^† (kg/m²)	−0.26^***	519	−0.16^**	518	−0.0001	517
SFI^† (kg/m²)	−0.28^***	519	−0.13^**	518	−0.02	517

PA, physical activity; r, phenotypic correlation; BFM, total body fat mass; %BF, percentage body fat; TFM, trunk fat mass; VAT, visceral adipose tissue; SAT, subcutaneous abdominal adipose tissue; BFMI, fat mass index; TFMI, trunk mass index; VFI, visceral fat index; SFI, subcutaneous fat index. Significant correlations:

P<0.05,

^**

P<0.01,

^***

P<0.0001.

^†

Variables were log-transformed.

^‡

Variables were square-root-transformed.