Table 3.

Correlation between muscle strength and total and segmental body composition for patient groups determined based on the obesity grade.

FFM	All patients	p	A Group	p	B Group	p
	r (95% CI)		r (95% CI)		r (95% CI)
Ext (Nm)	0.48 (0.35; 0.63)	<0.001S	0.6 (0.49; 0.78)	<0.001S	0.47 (0.16; 0.7)	0.001P
Flex (Nm)	0.46 (0.33; 0.6)	<0.001S	0.57 (0.42; 0.76)	<0.001S	0.48 (0.26; 0.79)	0.001S
FFMLL
Ext (Nm)	0.57 (0.45; 0.71)	<0.001S	0.67(0.56; 0.85)	<0.001S	0.64 (0.39; 0.8)	<0.001P
Flex (Nm)	0.47 (0.33; 0.62)	<0.001S	0.56 (0.4; 0.77)	<0.001S	0.53 (0.33; 0.82)	<0.001S

Note: FFM: fat-free mass; FFMLL: fat-free mass of the lower limb; Nm: newton meter; Ext: extension; Flex: flexion;

^S:correlation spearman;

^P:Pearson correlation.