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Table 5 Associations of self-reported physical activity and nutrition with sarcopenia components at baseline for conventional gym participants (n = 23)

From: Associations of sarcopenia components with physical activity and nutrition in Australian older adults performing exercise training

 

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

0.396

−0.283

0.171

− 0.034

0.226

0.423*

0.240

−0.351

−0.479*

p

0.061

0.190

0.435

0.879

0.301

0.044

0.270

0.101

0.021

AES-ARFS (total score)

Pearson Coefficient

−0.011

−0.097

0.007

−0.018

0.003

0.060

0.144

−0.190

−0.144

p

0.959

0.660

0.973

0.934

0.989

0.786

0.512

0.386

0.512

AES protein (g)

Pearson Coefficient

0.259

0.090

0.418*

0.093

0.425*

−0.169

−0.077

0.088

0.048

p

0.232

0.683

0.047

0.673

0.043

0.440

0.727

0.689

0.827

AES energy (kJ)

Pearson Coefficient

0.134

0.119

0.435*

0.013

0.482*

−0.169

−0.068

0.104

0.091

p

0.542

0.588

0.038

0.955

0.020

0.440

0.756

0.637

0.679

  1. 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
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BMC Geriatrics

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