. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Apr 1.

Published in final edited form as: Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2017 Apr;49(4):785–792. doi: 10.1249/MSS.0000000000001165

Table 3.

Correlations between body composition, exercise test variables, and intake.

	FFMI	FMI	RPE^○	HR	Fitness	EX Day EI	SED Day EI
FFM index (kg/m²)	1	0.39	0.29	0.44	−0.30	0.53^*	0.41
FM index (kg/m²)		1	0.25	0.12	−0.74^**	0.38	0.33
RPE avg. during 70% test^○			1	−0.50^*	−0.24	0.82^**	0.79^**
HR avg. during 70% test (bpm)				1	−0.01	−0.29	−0.21
Baseline fitness (mL/kg/min)					1	−0.23	−0.14
EX Day EI (kcal)						1	0.93^**
SED Day EI (kcal)							1

Abbreviations: FFM, fat-free mass; FM, fat mass; RPE, rating of perceived exertion; HR, heart rate; bpm, beats per minute; EI, energy intake.

^○

Results are reported without the RPE outlier.

p < 0.05

^**

p < 0.01.