Table 4.

Bivariate correlations (Spearman's ρ) between BCs, DXA-measured body composition, and muscle strength test scores in the study participants.

Variable	Body circumference (cm)
	Arm	Corrected arm	Wrist	Thigh	Corrected thigh	Calf	Corrected calf	Chest	Waist	Hip
Lean soft tissue (LST)
Upper limbs LST (g)	0.154	0.259	0.692***	-0.270	-0.212	-0.138	0.266	0.513*	0.515*	-0.188
Lower limbs LST (g)	0.449*	0.398*°	0.289	0.479*	0.502*	0.472*	0.340	0.451*	0.518*	0.562*
Appendicular LST (g)	0.416 *	0.406*°	0.448*°	0.312	0.348	0.346	0.360	0.526*	0.582**	0.405*
Bone mineral content (BMC)
WBLH BMC (g)	0.462*	0.543*	0.319§	0.168	0.146	0.187	0.086	0.511*§	0.360	0.368
Upper limbs BMC (g)	0.193	0.376	0.387*§	-0.224	-0.189	-0.097	0.087	0.287	0.130	-0.237
Lower limbs BMC (g)	0.394*	0.444*	0.243	0.187	0.146	0.244	0.085	0.454*§	0.304	0.346
Appendicular BMC (g)	0.374	0.467*	0.308§	0.086	0.063	0.169	0.063	0.449*§	0.283	0.210
Bone mineral density (BMD)
WBLH BMD (g/cm2)	0.468*	0.470*	0.150	0.250	0.175	0.216	-0.014	0.559*§	0.460*§	0.510*
Upper limbs BMD (g/cm2)	0.500*	0.412*°	0.316§	0.475*§	0.424*	0.355	-0.008	0.467*§	0.456*§	0.637***§
Lower limbs BMD (g/cm2)	0.409*	0.358	0.098§	0.226	0.116	0.188	-0.153	0.517*§	0.473*§	0.457*
Appendicular BMD (g/cm2)	0.480*	0.395*°	0.152	0.359	0.255	0.297	-0.100	0.449*§	0.506*§	0.604**
Strength test
Leg press score (kg)	0.411*	0.453*°	0.154	0.285	0.296	0.169	0.131	0.582**§	0.491*§	0.312

*, P_c<0.05; **, P_c<0.01; ***, P_c<0.001; P_c, Benjamini-Hochberg corrected p-value; °, correlation no longer significant after adjusting for age; §, correlation improving/appearing after adjusting for age; WBLH, Whole-Body Less Head