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. 2018 Nov 2;9:1563. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2018.01563

Table 3.

Correlations between anthropometric characteristics and physical fitness tests.

Body mass BMI BF CSA FFM
SAR 0.149 0.067 −0.302 0.195 0.316
SJ −0.112 −0.202 −0.418 −0.027 0.078
CMJ −0.123 −0.160 −0.301 −0.027 0.007
Isometric muscle strength
Right HG 0.674 0.345 0.103 0.430 0.710
Left HG 0.699 0.460 0.140 0.500 0.719
Back 0.487 0.221 −0.016 0.460 0.562
Back-legs 0.514 0.220 −0.056 0.484 0.622
Absolute sum 0.587 0.278 −0.008 0.514 0.674
Relative sum −0.159 −0.347 −0.401 0.158 0.034
Force-velocity test
v0 0.064 −0.023 −0.069 0.121 0.111
F0 0.562 0.435 0.130 0.345 0.563
Pmax 0.604 0.416 0.091 0.407 0.633
rPmax −0.207 −0.219 −0.309 0.007 −0.078
v0.F0−1 −0.451 −0.352 −0.102 −0.261 −0.450

BMI, body mass index; BF, body fat percentage; FFM, fat-free mass; CSA, thigh muscle cross-sectional area; SAR, sit-and-reach test; SJ, squat jump; CMJ, countermovement jump; HG, handgrip; v0, theoretical maximal velocity; F0, force; Pmax, maximal power in absolute values; rPmax, maximal power in relative values. p < 0.05, p < 0.01, p < 0.001.