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. 2023 Mar 7;182(5):2345–2357. doi: 10.1007/s00431-023-04887-4

Table 4.

Relationship between physical fitness parameters and anthropometric status based on muscle-fat-ratio and handgrip strength-to-BMI

Boys
Muscle-fat-ratio Grip strength-to-BMI
2018 2019 2020 2021 2018 2019 2020 2021
Handgrip strength (kg) 5–10 −0.036 (p = 0.808) −0.078 (p = 0.210) 0.046 (p = 0.560) −0.046 (p = 0.548) 0.781 (p < 0.001) 0.713 (p < 0.001) 0.800 (p < 0.001) 0.838 (p < 0.001)
10–18 −0.065 (p = 0.386) −0.066 (p = 0.204) −0.002 (p = 0.977) 0.142 (p = 0.056) 0.772 (p < 0.001) 0.786 (p < 0.001) 0.813 (p < 0.001) 0.767 (p < 0.001)
Handgrip strength (pc) 5–10 −0.180 (p = 0.227) −0.040 (p = 0.522) −0.005 (p = 0.951) −0.080 (p = 0.301) 0.659 (p < 0.001) 0.683 (p < 0.001) 0.667 (p < 0.001) 0.665 (p < 0.001)
10–18 −0.085 (p = 0.255) −0.065 (p = 0.207) 0.016 (p = 0.834) 0.130 (p = 0.079) 0.658 (p < 0.001) 0.711 (p < 0.001) 0.714 (p < 0.001) 0.670 (p < 0.001)
VO2max (ml/kg/min) 5–10 0.575 (p < 0.001) 0.518 (p < 0.001) 0.569 (p < 0.001) 0.438 (p < 0.001) 0.419 (p = 0.004) 0.442 (p < 0.001) 0.303 (p < 0.001) 0.280 (p < 0.001)
10–18 0.571 (p < 0.001) 0.477 (p < 0.001) 0.517 (p < 0.001) 0.502 (p < 0.001) 0.503 (p < 0.001) 0.439 (p < 0.001) 0.419 (p < 0.001) 0.419 (p < 0.001)

20-mSRT

(pc)

5–10 0.563 (p < 0.001) 0.509 (p < 0.001) 0.532 (p < 0.001) 0.485 (p < 0.001) 0.291 (p = 0.053) 0.436 (p < 0.001) 0.330 (p < 0.001) 0.271 (p < 0.001)
10–18 0.516 (p < 0.001) 0.430 (p < 0.001) 0.533 (p < 0.001) 0.502 (p < 0.001) 0.440 (p < 0.001) 0.415 (p < 0.001) 0.403 (p < 0.001) 0.393 (p < 0.001)

Vertical jump

(cm)

5–10 No data available 0.486 (p < 0.001) 0.553 (p < 0.001) 0.333 (p < 0.001) No data available 0.487 (p < 0.001) 0.376 (p < 0.001) 0.347 (p < 0.001)
10–18 0.524 (p < 0.001) 0.448 (p < 0.001) 0.487 (p < 0.001) 0.448 (p < 0.001) 0.452 (p < 0.001) 0.528 (p < 0.001)

Vertical jump

(pc)

5–10 0.479 (p < 0.001) 0.531 (p < 0.001) 0.319 (p < 0.001) 0.440 (p < 0.001) 0.329 (p < 0.001) 0.316 (p < 0.001)
10–18 0.458 (p < 0.001) 0.371 (p < 0.001) 0.411 (p < 0.001) 0.407 (p < 0.001) 0.359 (p < 0.001) 0.427 (p < 0.001)
Girls
Muscle-fat-ratio Grip strength-to-BMI
2018 2019 2020 2021 2018 2019 2020 2021
Handgrip strength (kg) 5–10 0.437 (p = 0.118) −0.061 (p = 0.481) 0.200 (p = 0.068) −0.149 (p = 0.103) 0.860 (p < 0.001) 0.736 (p < 0.001) 0.841 (p < 0.001) 0.726 (p < 0.001)
10–18 −0.002 (p = 0.987) −0.283 (p = 0.002) −0.171 (p = 0.153) −0.231 (p = 0.020) 0.712 (p < 0.001) 0.560 (p < 0.001 0.698 (p < 0.001) 0.670 (p < 0.001)
Handgrip strength (pc) 5–10 0.655 (p = 0.011) −0.075 (p = 0.383) −0.010 (p = 0.930) −0.138 (p = 0.131) 0.756 (p = 0.002) 0.666 (p < 0.001) 0.664 (p < 0.001) 0.555 (p < 0.001)
10–18 −0.043 (p = 0.772) −0.248 (p = 0.007) −0.116 (p = 0.337) −0.235 (p = 0.018) 0.574 (p < 0.001) 0.510 (p < 0.001) 0.608 (p < 0.001) 0.534 (p < 0.001)
VO2max (ml/kg/min) 5–10 0.045 (p = 0.879) 0.235 (p = 0.006) 0.488 (p < 0.001) 0.286 (p = 0.001) −0.206 (p = 0.479) 0.142 (p = 0.155) 0.520 (p < 0.001) 0.374 (p < 0.001)
10–18 0.599 (p < 0.001) 0.430 (p < 0.001) 0.444 (p < 0.001) 0.449 (p < 0.001) 0.583 (p < 0.001) 0.281 (p = 0.013) 0.178 (p = 0.143) 0.415 (p < 0.001)

20-mSRT

(pc)

5–10 0.269 (p = 0.352) 0.215 (p = 0.012) 0.401 (p < 0.001) 0.234 (p = 0.010) −0.004 (p = 0.990) 0.181 (p = 0.071) 0.443 (p < 0.001) 0.296 (p = 0.001)
10–18 0.622 (p < 0.001) 0.387 (p < 0.001) 0.461 (p < 0.001) 0.418 (p < 0.001) 0.452 (p < 0.001) 0.218 (p = 0.013) 0.136 (p = 0.265) 0.372 (p < 0.001)

Vertical jump

(cm)

5–10 No data available 0.393 (p < 0.001) 0.439 (p < 0.001) 0.292 (p = 0.001) No data available 0.514 (p < 0.001) 0.500 (p < 0.001) 0.411 (p < 0.001)
10–18 0.598 (p < 0.001) 0.349 (p < 0.001) 0.501 (p < 0.001) 0.455 (p < 0.001) 0.316 (p = 0.083) 0.482 (p < 0.001)

Vertical jump

(pc)

5–10 0.388 (p < 0.001) 0.437 (p < 0.001) 0.268 (p = 0.003) 0.429 (p < 0.001) 0.446 (p < 0.001) 0.308 (p = 0.001)
10–18 0.645 (p < 0.001) 0.326 (p < 0.001) 0.434 (p < 0.001) 0.428 (p < 0.001) 0.223 (p = 0.066) 0.340 (p = 0.001)

Values marked in bold are significant. A Pearson product moment correlation was used as statistical analysis

kg kilogrammes, cm centimetres, pc percentile, 20-mSRT 20-m Shuttle-Run Test, VO2max maximal oxygen uptake