Table III.

Relationship between handgrip strength (HGS), body fat mass (BFM), and basal gait parameters (stride length [SL], stride frequency [SF], and stride velocity [SV]) among premenopausal and postmenopausal women (N = 90).

	BFM		HGS		SL		SF		SV
	Pre	Post	Pre	Post	Pre	Post	Pre	Post	Pre	Post
BFM (r)	1	1	0.175	0.142	–0.257	–0.369	–0.210	–0.108	–0.18	–0.146
r2	1	1	0.031	0.020	0.066	0.136	0.044	0.012	0.032	0.021
P value			0.250	0.351	0.089	0.013⁎	0.167	0.480	0.222	0.338
HGS (r)	0.175	0.142	1	1	0.175	0.090	0.147	–0.139	0.323⁎	-0.110
r2	0.031	0.020	1	1	0.031	0.008	0.022	0.019	0.104	0.012
P value	0.250	0.351			0.249	0.555	0.336	0.362	0.030⁎	0.471
SL (r)	–0.257	–0.369	0.175	0.090	1	1	0.498⁎⁎	0.133	0.704⁎⁎	0.534⁎⁎
r2	0.066	0.136	0.031	0.008	1	1	0.248	0.017	0.496	0.285
P value	0.089	0.013	0.249	0.555			0.385	0.0001⁎⁎⁎	0.0001⁎⁎⁎
SF (r)	–0.210	–0.108	0.147	–0.139	0.498⁎⁎	0.133	1	1	0.747⁎⁎	0.727⁎⁎
r2	0.044	0.012	0.022	0.019	0.248	0.018	1	1	0.558	0.529
P value	0.167	0.480	0.336	0.362	0.0001⁎⁎⁎	0.385			0.0001⁎⁎⁎	0.0001⁎⁎⁎
SV (r)	–0.186	–0.015	0.323⁎	–0.110	0.704⁎⁎	0.534⁎⁎	0.747⁎⁎	0.727⁎⁎	1	1
r2	0.035	0.000	0.104	0.012	0.496	0.285	0.558	0.529	1	1
P value	0.222	0.338	0.030	0.47	0.0001⁎⁎⁎	0.0001⁎⁎⁎	0.0001⁎⁎⁎	0.0001⁎⁎⁎

^⁎Significant at P < 0.05.

^⁎⁎Significant at P < 0.001.

^⁎⁎⁎Significant at P < 0.0001.