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. 2020 Jun 5;11:494. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2020.00494

Table 4.

Spearman correlations between physical activity and body measures.

BMI Body height Body weight Waist circum-ference Body fat mass Body muscle mass Visceral adipose tissue
Patients with a current MDE
 Total physical activity N 127 127 127 121 125 125 125
ρ −0.078 0.048 −0.040 −0.146 −0.210 0.211 −0.061
P 0.380 0.595 0.657 0.109 0.019 0.018 0.499
 Vigorous-intensity activities at work N 130 130 130 123 127 127 127
ρ 0.033 0.142 0.111 0.029 −0.199 0.240 0.082
P 0.710 0.108 0.208 0.748 0.025 0.007 0.361
 Moderate-intensity activities at work N 129 129 129 122 126 126 126
ρ −0.030 0.044 0.006 −0.111 −0.121 0.122 −0.062
P 0.733 0.617 0.947 0.224 0.177 0.175 0.493
 Time spent walking or bicycling for travel N 130 130 130 123 127 127 127
ρ −0.177 −0.015 −0.153 −0.215 −0.200 0.179 −0.111
P 0.044 0.862 0.081 0.017 0.025 0.044 0.213
 Vigorous-intensity activities at leisure N 130 130 130 123 127 127 127
ρ 0.011 0.029 0.013 −0.056 −0.070 0.105 −0.036
P 0.904 0.745 0.885 0.538 0.431 0.242 0.686
 Moderate-intensity activities at leisure N 128 128 128 122 126 126 126
ρ −0.113 −0.128 −0.184 −0.097 0.014 −0.063 −0.070
P 0.204 0.151 0.038 0.290 0.876 0.484 0.433
 Sitting N 130 130 130 123 127 127 127
ρ 0.073 0.124 0.127 0.099 0.025 -0.001 0.053
P 0.410 0.159 0.149 0.277 0.783 0.987 0.555
Healthy control subjects
 Total physical activity N 61 61 61 57 59 59 59
ρ 0.188 0.222 0.311 0.133 0.005 0.034 0.063
P 0.147 0.085 0.015 0.325 0.968 0.800 0.638
 Vigorous-intensity activities at work N 61 61 61 57 59 59 59
ρ 0.125 0.040 0.096 −0.012 0.171 −0.141 0.085
P 0.337 0.757 0.463 0.929 0.194 0.286 0.520
 Moderate-intensity activities at work N 61 61 61 57 59 59 59
ρ 0.006 0.001 0.016 −0.011 0.106 −0.103 0.038
P 0.966 0.995 0.901 0.935 0.426 0.435 0.777
 Time spent walking or bicycling for travel N 61 61 61 57 59 59 59
ρ 0.249 0.114 0.296 0.155 0.186 −0.169 0.122
P 0.053 0.381 0.021 0.248 0.157 0.202 0.359
 Vigorous-intensity activities at leisure N 61 61 61 57 59 59 59
ρ −0.068 0.151 0.063 −0.138 −0.302 0.308 −0.183
P 0.601 0.246 0.631 0.306 0.020 0.017 0.166
 Moderate-intensity activities at leisure N 61 61 61 57 59 59 59
ρ 0.152 −0.056 0.053 0.007 0.064 −0.067 0.224
P 0.242 0.666 0.683 0.958 0.628 0.613 0.088
 Sitting N 61 61 61 57 59 59 59
ρ −0.136 0.246 0.049 0.218 −0.265 0.314 −0.047
P 0.296 0.056 0.708 0.103 0.043 0.015 0.721

N, total number of individuals with data for these parameters. P < 0.05 in bold print.