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)