Table 3 Bivariate correlations (coefficient and 95% CI) between chronological age, indicator of somatic maturation, body mass, stature, BMI, estimated percentage of fat mass and 20-m shuttle run performance (upper portion) and partial correlations (coefficient and 95% CI) controlling for chronological age (bottom portion) for the total sample (n = 1,206)
% PMS | Body mass | Stature | BMI | Body fat | 20-m SRT | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bivariate correlation | CA | 0.71 ** (0.68 to 0.74) | 0.48 ** (0.44 to 0.52) | 0.64 ** (0.61 to 0.67) | 0.23 ** (0.18 to 0.28) | −0.02 (−0.08 to 0.04) | 0.13 ** (0.07 to 0.19) |
Partial correlation | % PMS | 0.36 ** (0.31 to 0.41) | 0.31 ** (0.26 to 0.36) | 0.30 ** (0.25 to 0.35) | 0.26 ** (0.21 to 0.31) | −0.30 ** (−0.35 to −0.25) | |
(controlling for CA) | Body mass | — | 0.54 ** (0.50 to 0.58) | 0.90 ** (0.89 to 0.91) | 0.59 ** (0.55 to 0.63) | - 0.19 ** (−0.24 to −0.13) | |
Stature | — | 0.13 ** (0.07 to 0.19) | −0.01 (−0.07 to 0.05) | 0.12 ** (0.06 to 0.18) | |||
BMI | — | 0.72 ** (0.69 to 0.75) | - 0.29 ** (−0.31 to −0.24) | ||||
% body fat | — | −0.35 ** (−0.40 to −0.30) |