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Table 3 Correlation of knee extension muscle strength with SMI, walking speed and handgrip strength

From: A cross-sectional study of the association between dynapenia and higher-level functional capacity in daily living in community-dwelling older adults in Japan

 

Knee extension muscle strength

Men (N = 31)

Women (N = 92)

SMI

0.41 (P = 0.02)

0.10 (P = 0.33)

Walking speed

0.35 (P = 0.051)

0.17 (P = 0.092)

Handgrip strength

0.53 (P = 0.002)

0.36 (P < 0.001)

Unipedal standing test

0.61 (P < 0.001)

0.37 (P < 0.001)

  1. SMI skeletal muscle mass index; Unipedal standing test shows unipedal standing retention time