Table 3:
Associations of Impact Force (Load), Failure Load (Strength) and Load-to-strength Ratio with Clinical Characteristics and Body Composition in Females with Obesity (OB) and Normal-weight Healthy Controls (HC)
Impact Force | Failure Load | Load-to-Strength Ratio | ||||||||||
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OB | HC | OB | HC | OB | HC | |||||||
R | P-value | R | P-value | R | P-value | R | P-value | R | P-value | R | P-value | |
BMI (kg/m2) | 0.65 | <.0001 | 0.64 | <.0001 | 0.01 | 0.94 | 0.24 | 0.19 | 0.35 | 0.049 | −0.04 | 0.82 |
% Lean mass | −0.49 | 0.003 | −0.20 | 0.28 | 0.39 | 0.03 | 0.40 | 0.02 | −0.65 | <.0001 | −0.50 | 0.004 |
% Fat mass | 0.46 | 0.007 | 0.13 | 0.47 | −0.40 | 0.02 | −0.37 | 0.04 | 0.64 | <.0001 | 0.44 | 0.01 |
Total lean mass (g) | 0.91 | <.0001 | 0.74 | <.0001 | 0.44 | 0.01 | 0.68 | <.0001 | 0.006 | 0.96 | −0.45 | 0.01 |
Total fat mass (g) | 0.89 | <.0001 | 0.49 | 0.005 | 0.003 | 0.99 | −0.19 | 0.30 | 0.42 | 0.01 | 0.38 | 0.03 |
Visceral Adipose Tissue (VAT cm2) | 0.65 | <.0001 | 0.44 | 0.01 | −0.11 | 0.56 | −0.13 | 0.47 | 0.36 | 0.04 | 0.32 | 0.07 |
Subcutaneous Adipose Tissue (SAT cm2) | 0.51 | 0.002 | 0.38 | 0.11 | 0.08 | 0.65 | −0.23 | 0.35 | 0.17 | 0.35 | 0.35 | 0.14 |
Ratio of VAT/SAT | 0.17 | 0.34 | 0.03 | 0.89 | −0.16 | 0.38 | −0.46 | 0.048 | 0.17 | 0.36 | 0.53 | 0.02 |
Bolded numbers denote significant p-values.