Table 4.

Modeling alpha diversity indices adjusted for heart rate max, percent body fat, and menopausal status (n = 32).

	R2	partial r	p-value
Model 1: Chao1	0.49
%HRmax		−0.53*	0.003
%Body fat		0.01	0.96
Menopausal status		−0.49*	0.006
Model 2: Observed species	0.45
%HRmax		−0.55*	0.001
%Body fat		0.15	0.43
Menopausal status		−0.43*	0.02
Model 3: PD Whole Tree	0.50
%HRmax		−0.59*	0.001
%Body fat		0.12	0.53
Menopausal status		−0.44*	0.02
Model 4: Shannon	0.26
%HRmax		−0.34	0.07
%Body fat		−0.03	0.89
Menopausal status		−0.29	0.12
Model 5: Simpson	0.15
%HRmax		−0.20	0.30
%Body fat		−0.07	0.70
Menopausal status		−0.23	0.21

%HR_max, percent of age-predicted heart rate (HR) max derived (from 220-age) during stage 3 of the modified-Naughton protocol;

%body fat calculated from isotopic total body water; menopausal status, participants dichotomized by 0 (no) and 1 (yes) indicating whether they experienced menopause.

^*p ≤ 0.05.