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Table 3 Hand grip strength (HGS), gait speed (GS) and chair stand test (ChS) adulthood predictors

From: Physical capability in a rural birth cohort at the age of 52: association with early environmental, nutritional, and developmental factors

Dependent

Predictor

Coefficient (95% CI)

Adjustedr2

Globalp-value

HGS (kg)

(Intercept)

-93.06 (-116.5 to -69.6)

 < 0.001

0.8794

 < 0.001

Sex (Female 1, Male 2)

7.93 (4.64 to 11.21)

 < 0.001

Adult height (m)

64.33 (49.69 to 78.96)

 < 0.001

Lean mass index (muscular kg/m2)

0.83 (0.26 to 1.39)

0.0046

Energy expenditure (kcal/day)

-0.01 (-0.01 to -0.001)

0.0092

Bioelectric impedance phase angle (°)

2.13 (0.54 to 3.72)

0.0094

Pulse pressure (mmHg)

-0.1 (-0.18 to -0.02)

0.0207

Depression Score

-0.15 (-0.3 to < 0.0001)

0.0501

GS (cm/s)

(Intercept)

212.7 (127.29 to 298.12)

 < 0.001

0.462

 < 0.0001

Sex (Female 1, Male 2)

-22.05 (-35.51 to -8.58)

0.002

Body Mass Index (kg/m2)

-2.08 (-2.91 to -1.26)

 < 0.001

Grip strength (kg)

1.32 (0.69 to 1.96)

 < 0.001

Right Leg Length (cm)

-1.78 (-2.76 to -0.79)

 < 0.001

Knee height (cm)

-1.56 (-2.89 to -0.24)

0.021

Foot width (cm)

7.17 (0.9 to 13.43)

0.026

Resting respiratory rate (breaths/minute)

1.78 (0.47 to 3.08)

0.008

Resting Diastolic Blood Pressure (mmHg)

0.56 (0.17 to 0.96)

0.006

Uric acid blood concentration (mg/dl)

4.31 (1.79 to 6.82)

0.001

Type 2 Diabetes mellitus (with diagnosis = 1)

11.1 (2.48 to 19.71)

0.012

Systemic Arterial Hypertension (with diagnosis = 1)

-9.85 (-18.26 to -1.44)

0.022

Mini-Mental State Examination (Normal = 0, Deficit = 1)

-11.19 (-21.19 to -1.19)

0.029

ChS (stands/30 s)

(Intercept)

38.56 (22.74 to 54.38)

 < 0.0001

0.1342

0.0027

Sex (Female 1, Male 2)

3.18 (1.39 to 4.96)

0.0007

Adult height (m)

-15.82 (-26.59 to -5.05)

0.0045

Frailty index

-1.14

(-2.02 to -0.26)

0.0111