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. 2019 Nov 25;19:458. doi: 10.1186/s12887-019-1840-9

Table 2.

Bivariate correlations between measures of musculoskeletal and cardiorespiratory fitness, age, sex, and weight status

Age Female Weight status PACER Trunk lift 90o Push-up Curl-up Sit-and-reach
Age 1 −.134 −.034 .159* .072 .085 .220** −.162*
p-value .052 .622 .021 .297 .222 .001 .019
Sex −.134 1 −.021 −.084 .223** −.082 .098 .287**
p-value .052 .760 .226 .001 .236 .156 <.001
Weight status −.034 −.021 1 −.426** .169* −.450** −.298** −.221**
p-value .622 .760 <.001 .014 <.001 <.001 .001
PACER .159* −.094 −.426** 1 −.070 .527** .347** .181**
p-value .021 .173 <.001 .313 <.001 <.001 .009
Trunk lift .072 .215** .169* −.070 1 −.057 .099 .193**
p-value .297 .002 .014 .313 .413 .154 .005
90o Push-up .085 −.131 −.450** .527** −.057 1 .463** .301**
p-value .222 .058 <.001 <.001 .413 <.001 <.001
Curl-up .220* .102 −.298** .347** .099 .463** 1 .203**
p-value .001 .141 <.001 <.001 .154 <.001 .003
Sit-and-reach .162* .286** −.221** .181** .193** .301** .203** 1
p-value .019 <.001 .001 .009 .005 <.001 .003

Correlation coefficients between all continuous variables are Pearson’s r, and those involving weight status are Spearman’s rho. * Indicates statistical significance at the level of p < .05. ** Indicates statistical significance at the level of p < .01