Table 3.  Correlations between fat-free mass variables and cardiorespiratory fitness indexes evaluated by a cardiopulmonary exercise test.

Variables

Total
FFM
Relative
total FFM
AFFM
Relative
AFFM
VT1 T (s)
.10
-.01
.18 *
.10
VT1 VO2 (ml·kg-1·min-¹) 
.19 *
.01
.23 *
.09
VT1 VO2 (L·min-1)
.61 *
.35 *
.51 *
.28 *
VT2 T (s)
.06
-.04
.16 *
.10
VT2VO2 (ml·kg-1·min-¹) 
.16 *
-.03
.26 *
.13
VT2 VO2 (L·min-1)
.63 *
.34 *
.58 *
.34 *
Tmáx (s)
.04
-.05
.14
.10
VO2 Peak (ml·kg-1·min-¹)
.19 *
-.01
.29 *
.16 *

VO2 Peak (L·min-1)

.65 *
.37 *
.60 *
.36 *
p < 0.05. FFM = fet-free mass; AFFM = appendicular fat-free mass; VT1 = ventilatory threshold 1; VT2 = ventilatory threshold 2; T = time; Tmax = time to exhaustion.