Table 3.

Correlations of biological maturation with the study variables.

Variables	Sexual Maturation		Skeletal Maturarion		Somatic Maturation
	r	p-Value	r	p-Value	r	p-Value
Lean Mass (kg)	0.77 *	<0.0001	0.78 *	<0.0001	0.84 *	<0.0001
Fat (%)	−0.32	0.05	−0.21	0.1	−0.11	0.4
TRT (ng/dL)	0.30	0.06	0.27	0.1	0.27	0.9
EST (ng/dL)	0.08	0.6	0.10	0.5	0.08	0.6
GH (ng/dL)	0.26	0.1	0.17	0.2	0.19	0.2
ULP (cm)	0.52 *	0.0008	0.54 *	0.0004	0.59 *	0.0001
SJ (W/kg)	0.61 *	<0.0001	0.58	0.0001	0.55 *	0.0003
ULS (s)	−0.28	0.08	−0.33 *	0.04	−0.27	0.9
BScD (s)	−0.07	0.6	−0.03	0.8	−0.04	0.8
	Control of the Effect of TRT (ng/dL)
	r	p-Value	r	p-Value	r	p-Value
Lean Mass (kg)	0.74 *	<0.0001	0.76 *	<0.0001	0.83 *	<0.0001
Gordura (%)	0.25	0.1	0.15	0.3	0.04	0.7
ULP (m)	0.48 *	0.002	0.51 *	0.001	0.56 *	0.0003
SJ (W/kg)	0.57 *	0.0002	0.54 *	0.0005	0.51 *	0.001
ULS (s)	−0.27	0.09	−0.33 *	0.04	−0.26	0.1
BScD (s)	−0.09	0.5	−0.05	0.7	−0.06	0.7
	Control of the Effect of EST (ng/dL)
	r	p-Value	r	p-Value	r	p-Value
Lean Mass (kg)	0.78 *	<0.0001	0.80 *	<0.0001	0.85 *	<0.0001
Gordura (%)	−0.31	0.06	0.19	0.2	−0.09	0.5
ULP (m)	0.53 *	0.0007	0.56 *	0.0003	0.60 *	<0.0001
SJ (W/kg)	0.68 *	<0.0001	0.66 *	<0.0001	0.62 *	<0.0001
ULS (s)	−0.30	0.06	−0.36 *	0.02	−0.29	0.07
BScD (s)	−0.10	0.5	−0.07	0.6	−0.07	0.6
	Control of the Effect of GH (ng/dL)
	r	p-Value	r	p-Value	r	p-Value
Lean Mass (kg)	0.78 *	<0.0001	0.78 *	<0.0001	0.85 *	<0.0001
Gordura (%)	−0.23	0.1	0.15	0.3	−0.03	0.8
ULP (m)	0.52 *	0.001	0.54 *	0.0006	0.59 *	0.0001
SJ (W/kg)	0.65 *	<0.0001	0.60 *	<0.0001	0.58 *	0.0001
ULS (s)	−0.30	0.06	−0.34 *	0.03	−0.28	0.08
BScD (s)	0.08	0.6	0.33 *	0.04	0.01	0.9

ULP = Upper limbs power. SJ = Squat Jump. ULS = Upper limb speed. BScD = Body speed with change of direction. TRT = Testosterone. EST = Estradiol. GH = Growth Hormone. * Statistically significant.