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. 2017 May 16;29(5):863–868. doi: 10.1589/jpts.29.863

Table 2. Results of the correlations.

Age Height Weight Grip strength Maximum occlusal force Thickness of the masseter muscle Thickness of the lower limb muscle Thickness of fat mass at the masseter Thickness of fat mass at the lower limb Skeletal muscle mass/height Body fat mass/height Calf circumference
Age 0.892** 0.725** 0.792** 0.301** –0.057 0.408** –0.296** –0.025 0.624** 0.155 0.490**
Height 0.876** 0.779** 0.286** 0.059 0.429** –0.249* 0.102 0.729** 0.252* 0.669**
Weight 0.725** 0.191 0.141 0.407** –0.111 0.214* 0.796** 0.551** 0.869**
Grip strength 0.271** –0.081 0.392** –0.297** –0.012 0.724** 0.155 0.601**
Maximum occlusal force 0.149 0.051 –0.058 –0.113 0.190 –0.002 0.071
Thickness of the masseter muscle 0.169 0.202 0.219* 0.123 0.146 0.141
Thickness of the lower limb muscle –0.135 –0.093 0.414** 0.127 0.330**
Thickness of fat mass at the masseter 0.236* –0.162 0.149 –0.038
Thickness of fat mass at the lower limb 0.002 0.408** 0.325**
Skeletal muscle mass/height 0.159 0.733**
Body fat mass/height 0.547**
Calf circumference

Spearman rank correlation coefficient; *p<0.05, **p<0.001 (n=94)