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. 2022 Sep 1;11(17):5194. doi: 10.3390/jcm11175194

Table 4.

Correlations between anthropometric data, skinfold thickness and myofascial tissue stiffness.

Quantitative
Variable
Indentation Depth M1 M2 M3
rs p-Value rs p-Value rs p-Value
Weight 5 mm 0.18 0.29 0.28 0.11 0.19 0.28
10 mm 0.28 0.10 0.34 0.05 * 0.21 0.23
Height 5 mm 0.3 0.82 0.20 0.25 0.26 0.13
10 mm 0.13 0.47 0.08 0.65 0.13 0.47
BMI 5 mm 0.12 0.51 0.30 0.09 0.17 0.34
10 mm 0.29 0.09 0.44 0.009 * 0.17 0.32
Age 5 mm 0.03 0.86 0.08 0.64 0.04 0.80
10 mm 0.06 0.77 0.08 0.63 −0.08 0.67
Gender 5 mm 0.22 0.21 0.31 0.75 0.21 0.24
10 mm 0.26 0.13 0.20 0.24 0.29 0.09
Skinfold thickness 5 mm −0.12 0.51 −0.11 0.52 −0.14 0.44
10 mm 0.001 0.99 −0.04 0.83 −0.06 0.73

* Significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed). M1—first measurement; M2—second measurement; M3—third measurement; rs—Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient.