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. 2016 Oct 1;35:23. doi: 10.1186/s40101-016-0112-8

Table 5.

Correlations of PCs with somatometric/sthenometric measurements

Measurement PC1all PC2all PC3all
R P R* P R P R* P R P R* P
Sex −0.51 2.6E−06 −0.45 5.4E−05 −0.16 1.7E−01
Age −0.64 4.5E−10 −0.52 2.7E−06 0.23 4.6E−02 0.32 7.4E−03 0.07 5.7E−01 −0.01 9.1E−01
Height −0.31 6.0E−03 0.23 5.8E−02 −0.31 5.7E−03 0.09 4.4E−01 −0.07 5.6E−01 0.04 7.6E−01
Weight −0.36 1.5E−03 0.02 9.0E−01 −0.35 1.8E−03 0.12 3.1E−01 −0.23 4.9E−02 −0.14 2.5E−01
Body fat percentage −0.10 3.7E−01 −0.48 1.9E−05 0.31 6.4E−03 0.15 2.1E−01 −0.15 2.0E−01 −0.12 3.2E−01
Lean body mass −0.27 2.0E−02 0.23 5.6E−02 −0.40 3.2E−04 0.06 6.2E−01 −0.14 2.2E−01 −0.08 4.9E−01
Upper limb length −0.35 1.8E−03 0.12 3.1E−01 −0.28 1.5E−02 0.12 3.3E−01 −0.04 7.2E−01 0.04 7.2E−01
Iliospinale height −0.17 1.3E−01 0.36 2.3E−03 −0.32 4.2E−03 −0.05 6.8E−01 −0.08 5.0E−01 0.02 8.9E−01
Forearm circumference −0.48 1.2E−05 −0.16 1.9E−01 −0.26 2.2E−02 0.28 1.8E−02 −0.24 3.5E−02 −0.17 1.6E−01
Minimum forearm circumference −0.43 1.0E−04 −0.08 4.9E−01 −0.29 1.1E−02 0.15 2.0E−01 −0.24 4.1E−02 −0.10 4.1E−01
Calf circumference −0.37 9.6E−04 −0.15 2.1E−01 −0.23 5.2E−02 0.17 1.5E−01 −0.27 1.9E−02 −0.17 1.5E−01
Ankle circumference −0.14 2.3E−01 0.19 1.2E−01 −0.34 2.7E−03 −0.01 9.7E−01 −0.26 2.6E−02 −0.13 2.9E−01
Grip strength −0.34 2.8E−03 0.14 2.4E−01 −0.15 2.0E−01 0.40 5.4E−04 −0.14 2.4E−01 −0.01 9.6E−01
Leg extension strength −0.56 2.1E−07 −0.36 1.8E−03 −0.15 1.9E−01 0.31 8.7E−03 −0.20 9.2E−02 −0.13 2.8E−01
Leg flexion strength −0.44 8.7E−05 −0.10 4.0E−01 −0.26 2.6E−02 0.24 4.8E−02 −0.12 3.3E−01 0.11 3.8E−01
2D:4D ratio −0.04 7.5E−01 −0.07 5.8E−01 −0.04 7.4E−01 0.01 9.5E−01 −0.10 3.7E−01 0.02 8.4E−01

P values less than 0.05 are shown in italics

R correlation coefficient, R* partial correlation coefficient controlling for sex