Table 3: Correlations between cardiorespiratory capacities and body composition.

 

Age (years)

Weight (kg)

Height (cm)

BMI (kg/m2)

Visceral Fat (VF)

Fat Mass (%)

Fat Mass (kg)

Lean mass (kg)

r*

p

r*

p

r*

p

r*

p

r*

p

r*

p

r*

p

r*

p

Resting heart rate (bpm)

-0.264

0.25

0.0361

0.88

0.369

0.09

9

-0.0406

0.86

-0.268

0.24

-0.0625

0.79

- 0.0191

0.93

0.141

0.54

HRmax measured (bpm)

-0.718

< 0.00

1

-0.0214

0.93

0.0124

0.96

- 0.00978

0.97

- 0.00787

0.97

0.0071

5

0.98

0.109

0.64

0.0006

93

1

Theoretical HRmax (bpm)

-0.990

< 0.00

1

0.155

0.5

-

0.44

-

0.79

-0.267

0.24

0.0826

0.72

-

0.49

-

0.36

Metabolic Equivalent

of Task (MET)

-

0.0988

0.67

-0.294

0.2

0.272

0.23

-0.345

0.13

-0.163

0.48

-0.489

0.024

-

0.28

-

0.71

Load (watts)ǂ

-0.415

0.062

0.248

0.28

0.254

0.27

0.251

0.27

-0.0202

0.93

0.125

0.59

0.425

0.055

0.458

0.037

Estimated VO2max max(mL/kg/min)

-0.190

0.41

-0.543

0.01

1

0.0709

0.76

-0.646

< 0.0

1

-0.132

0.57

-0.529

0.014

-0.542

0.011

-0.413

0.063

measured VO2max (mL/kg/mn)

-

0.0665

0.77

-0.408

0.06

6

0.196

0.4

-0.478

0.02

9

-0.107

0.65

-0.613

< 0.01

-0.442

0.045

-

0.0777

0.74

Predictive VO2max (mL/kg/mn)

-1.000

< 0.00

1

0.139

0.55

-

0.52

-

0.82

-0.267

0.24

0.0795

0.73

-

0.51

-

0.43

* Pearson correlation
(p) is statistically significant for a value < 0.05