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. 2021 Apr 15;79:50. doi: 10.1186/s13690-021-00573-9

Table 1.

Impact of current PA level or type of PA on functional capacities and body composition

Total PA level (min) Body & mind activities (min) Aerobic activities (min) Resistance activities (min)
β p Β P β p β p
BODY COMPOSITION
 Total LBM (kg) 0.13 0.14 −0.22 0.02 0.16 0.09 0.17 0.05
 Appendicular lean mass (kg/m2) 0.14 0.17 −0.05 0.94 0.13 0.14 0.10 0.25
 Total Fat mass (%) −2.09 0.04 0.05 0.57 −0.15 0.07 − 0.16 0.04
MUSCLE FUNCTION
 Grip strength (kg) −0.23 0.82 −0.04 0.49 0.02 0.73 −0.08 0.24
 Relative grip strength (kg/BW) −0.21 0.5 0.06 0.86 −0.21 0.49 −0.21 0.49
 Muscle Power (N; Takaï) 0.07 0.20 −0.03 0.58 0.08 0.16 0.04 0.55
 Knee extension strength (kg) −0.03 0.59 −0.04 0.48 0.06 0.36 0.11 0.09
FUNCTIONAL CAPACITIES
 TUG (s) 0.01 0.83 0.001 0.98 −0.02 0.69 0.02 0.67
 Fast TUG (s) −0.08 0.08 −0.02 0.71 0.005 0.92 −0.02 0.66
 Sit-to-stand (s) −0.08 0.13 0.04 0.43 −0.07 0.18 −0.10 0.05
 Balance (s) 0.10 0.05 0.17 0.001 0.05 0.34 0.03 0.58
 Alternate step test (n) 0.05 0.34 0.05 0.33 0.06 0.20 −0.08 0.10
AEROBIC CAPACITIES
 Estimated VO2 max (ml/min/kg) 0.06 0.58 0.18 0.10 −0.04 0.72 0.15 0.16

Legend: Multiple regression adjusted on age, sex and BMI; Significant: P < 0.05. TUG timed up and Go, LBM lean body mass