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Table 4. Overall correlation analysis for the sample of elite athletes, as a whole (N = 150).

	FVC (L)	FEV₁ (L)	PEF (L)	VC (L)	FEV₁/FVC	MVV (L)
Age (years)	0.019	−0.540	0.114	0.020	−0.156	0.100
Height (cm)	0.652^†	0.619^†	0.456^†	0.657^†	−0.127	0.275^†
Weight (kg)	0.741^†	0.675^†	0.548^†	0.765^†	−0.235^†	0.496^†
BMI (kg/m²⁾	0.396^†	0.307^†	0.313^†	0.428^†	−0.263^†	0.460^†
BF%	−0.372^†	−0.386^†	−0.274^†	−0.344^†	−0.061	−0.176*

BF%: percentage of body fat; VC: vital capacity; and MVV: maximal voluntary ventilation. *Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (two-tailed). ^†Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (two-tailed).