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