Table 4.

Associations of self-reported sarcopenia risk, physical activity, HRQoL and nutrition with sarcopenia components at baseline for HUR gym participants (n = 57)

		Muscle strength		Lean mass			Physical performance
Component		HGS (kg)	CS (s)	ALM (kg)	ALM/BMI (kg/m2)	ALM/h2 (kg/m2)	GS (m/s)	SPPB (score)	TUG (s)	400 m walk (min)
PASE (score)	Pearson Coefficient	0.220	0–.078	−0.005	−0.203	0.153	0.275*	0.210	−0.239	− 0.077
	p	0.101	0.565	0.968	0.131	0.257	0.039	0.117	0.073	0.567
AES-ARFS (total score)	Pearson Coefficient	−0.190	−0.025	0.097	−0.142	0.230	−0.096	− 0.183	0.178	− 0.067
	p	0.156	0.854	0.475	0.292	0.085	0.475	0.173	0.184	0.618
AES protein (g)	Pearson Coefficient	0.004	−0.044	0.131	−0.168	0.291*	0.216	0.047	−0.012	−0.109
	p	0.977	0.743	0.330	0.213	0.028	0.107	0.729	0.929	0.420
AES energy (kJ)	Pearson Coefficient	0.046	−0.067	0.132	−0.255	0.358**	0.085	−0.063	0.071	−0.071
	p	0.734	0.621	0.329	0.055	0.006	0.531	0.644	0.598	0.599

HUR Helsinki University Research, HGS hand grip strength, CS chair stand, ALM appendicular lean mass, BMI body mass index, SPPB short physical performance battery, TUG timed up and go, PASE Physical Activity Scale for the Elderly, AES Australian Eating Survey, ARFS Australian Recommended Food Score. All analyses are Pearson correlations; ** p < 0.01, * p < 0.05