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. 2019 Apr 8;19:96. doi: 10.1186/s12887-019-1462-2

Table 3.

Multiplicative allometric modeling of the absolute VO2peak combining body size descriptors with chronological age (n = 51)

ln (VO2peak) = k × ln (Xi: size descriptor) + a + b × (Z: chronological age) + ln (ε) Model Summary
a Xi Z Exponent (95%CI) R R 2 Adjusted R2
−7.144 Stature 1.676 (0.668 to 2.685) 0.443 0.196 0.163
Chronological age −0.058 (− 0.131 to 0.015)
−1.010 Body mass 0.518 (0.369 to 0.667) 0.713 0.508 0.487
Chronological age −0.023 (− 0.078 to 0.033)
−1.378 Fat-free mass 0.768 (0.544 to 0.992) 0.708 0.502 0.481
Chronological age −0.061 (−0.117 to − 0.005)

VO2 oxygen uptake, 95%CI 95% confidence interval