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

Table 6.

Impact of past 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) −0.007 0.94 0.08 0.40 −0.05 0.57 −0.12 0.17
 Appendicular lean mass (kg/m2) −0.11 0.23 0.07 0.40 −0.001 0.99 −0.017 0.06
 Total Fat mass (%) 0.04 0.67 −0.06 0.47 0.10 0.19 −0.09 0.29
MUSCLE FUNCTION
 Grip strength (kg) −0.05 0.48 0.06 0.36 0.01 0.86 −0.08 0.23
 Relative grip strength (kg/BW) −0.23 0.45 −0.04 0.91 −0.40 0.19 0.05 0.87
 Muscle Power (N; takaï) 0.02 0.75 0.04 0.46 −0.008 0.89 −0.07 0.24
 Knee extension strength (kg) −0.2 0.74 0.018 0.77 0.09 0.14 −0.06 0.31
FUNCTIONAL CAPACITIES
 TUG (s) 0.07 0.14 −0.02 0.74 −0.02 0.73 0.02 0.68
 Fast TUG (s) 0.006 0.12 −0.09 0.08 0.02 0.64 −0.06 0.19
 Sit-to-stand (s) −0.05 0.35 −0.001 0.99 −0.02 0.69 0.06 0.28
 Balance (s) 0.05 0.39 0.05 0.38 0.10 0.05 0.09 0.09
 Alternate step test (n) 0.04 0.48 −0.006 0.90 −0.04 0.43 −0.08 0.10
AEROBIC CAPACITIES
Estimated VO2 max (ml/min/kg) 0.009 0.86 − 0.045 0.38 0.04 0.89 0.018 0.72

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