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. 2015 Oct 6;2:40. doi: 10.1186/s40608-015-0070-4

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

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

BMI body mass index

aVariables were square-root-transformed to achieve normal distribution

* = p ≤ 0.05, ** = p ≤ 0.01,

Females: N = 12; Males: N = 12-13