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Table 5.

Correlation and partial correlations between appendicular lean mass, skeletal muscle index, appendicular skeletal mass and dependent variables

Variable	Appendicular lean mass				Skeletal muscle index				Appendicular skeletal mass
Variable	Pearson's corr. (r)	P‐value	Partial corr. (r)	P‐value	Pearson's corr. (r)	P‐value	Partial corr. (r)	P‐value	Pearson's corr. (r)	P‐value	Partial corr. (r)	P‐value
$\dot{V}$ O_2peak (ml)	0·666	0·001^a	0·566	<0·001^a	0·577	<0·001^a	0·473	<0·001^a	0·225	0·084	0·205	0·130
$\dot{V}$ O_2peak (ml kg⁻¹ min⁻¹)	0·189	0·148	−0·007	0·962	0·196	0·134	0·042	0·758	0·420	<0·001^a	0·431	0·001^a
VAT (ml)	0·502	0·001^a	0·360	0·006^a	0·496	<0·001^a	0·365	0·006^a	0·167	0·203	0·148	0·277
VAT (ml kg⁻¹ min⁻¹)	0·053	0·686	−0·092	0·502	0·127	0·333	0·009	0·946	0·310	0·016^a	0·312	0·019^a
Peak $\dot{V}$ O₂/HR (ml per beat)	0·711	0·001^a	0·633	<0·001^a	0·643	<0·001^a	0·575	<0·001^a	0·202	0·121	0·163	0·230
Peak HR (bpm)	0·165	0·208	−0·042	0·752	0·110	0·402	−0·073	0·581	0·076	0·565	0·026	0·845
$\dot{V}$ E/ $\dot{V}$ CO₂ slope	−0·272	0·036^a	−0·078	0·566	−0·270	0·037^a	−0·099	0·468	−0·195	0·135	−0·158	0·245
CPET duration (s)	0·182	0·165	0·014	0·920	0·206	0·114	−0·047	0·730	0·376	0·003^a	0·399	0·022^a
LVEF (%)	0·153	0·244	0·077	0·574	0·137	0·297	0·068	0·620	0·076	0·566	0·055	0·698
Calibre 5‐year risk (%)	−0·426	0·001^a	−0·230	0·870	−0·372	0·003^a	−0·224	0·098	−0·330	0·010^a	−0·365	0·006^a
NT‐proBNP (pg l⁻¹)^b	−0·295	0·025^a	0·155	0·254	−0·253	0·056	−0·131	0·337	−0·331	0·011^a	−0·326	0·014^a
hs‐CRP(mg l⁻¹)	−0·092	0·486	−0·101	0·458	0·000	0·999	−0·004	0·974	−0·193	0·140	−0·184	0·175
Glucose (mmol l⁻¹)	0·036	0·789	−0·051	0·708	0·135	0·314	0·065	0·634	−0·223	0·093	−0·242	0·073
Body fat (%)	0·149	0·254	0·153	0·261	0·151	0·249	0·148	0·275	−0·401	0·001^a	−0·406	0·002^a

corr., correlation; $\dot{V}$ O_2peak, peak oxygen uptake; VAT, ventilatory anaerobic threshold; $\dot{V}$ O₂/HR, oxygen pulse; HR, heart rate; bpm, beats per minute; $\dot{V}$ E/ $\dot{V}$ CO₂ slope, ventilatory efficiency with respect to carbon dioxide elimination; CPET, cardiopulmonary exercise test; LVEF, left ventricular ejection fraction; NT‐proBNP, N‐terminal pro B‐type natriuretic peptide; hs, high sensitivity.

Significant.

Spearman correlation.