Table 8.

Correlations between past PA level or type of PA and functional capacities and body composition, among women (n = 362)

	Total PA level (min)		Body & mind activities (min)		Aerobic activities (min)		Resistance activities (min)
	r	p	r	p	r	p	r	p
BODY COMPOSITION
Total LBM (kg)	0.02	0.68	−0.07	0.18	0.04	0.48	0.09	0.07
Appendicular lean mass (kg/m2)	0.05	0.35	−0.06	0.27	0.06	0.29	−0.11	0.04
Total Fat mass (%)	−0.06	0.29	−0.02	0.73	0.02	0.69	−0.10	0.06
MUSCLE FUNCTION
Grip strength (kg)	0.05	0.39	0.01	0.84	0.03	0.56	−0.09	0.08
Relative grip strength (kg/BW)	0.06	0.74	−0.03	0.86	−0.29	0.08	0.12	0.50
Muscle Power (N; Takaï)	0.015	0.80	−0.02	0.75	0.011	0.86	− 0.07	0.28
Knee extension strength (kg)	0.02	0.68	−0.08	0.18	0.03	0.55	−0.03	0.55
FUNCTIONAL CAPACITIES
TUG (s)	0.04	0.48	0.007	0.90	−0.011	0.84	−0.011	0.83
Fast TUG (s)	−0.09	0.11	−0.09	0.08	0.003	0.95	−0.07	0.19
Sit-to-stand (s)	−0.06	0.33	0.04	0.49	−0.02	0.79	0.05	0.39
Balance (s)	0.015	0.005	0.05	0.33	0.09	0.07	0.08	0.12
Alternate step test (n)	0.06	0.29	−0.04	0.47	−0.06	0.28	−0.12	0.02
AEROBIC CAPACITIES
Estimated VO2 max (ml/min/kg)	0.04	0.81	−0.16	0.78	0.014	0.79	0.04	0.52

Legend: Pearson correlations; Significant: P < 0.05. TUG timed up and Go, LBM lean body mass