Flexibility of Older Adults Aged 55–86 Years and the Influence of Physical Activity

Table 3

(a) Shoulder flexibility regression model. (b) Hip flexibility regression model.

(a)

	𝑅^2	Parameter estimate	SE	𝑃 value
Age	0.083	−0.486	0.091	<0.001*
BMI	0.009	−0.647	0.187	0.001*
Plantar flexion strength	0.039	0.006	0.002	0.045*

Cumulative 𝑅²=0.117, BMI: body mass index, *significance set at = 𝑃<0.05.

(b)

	𝑅^2	Parameter estimate	SE	𝑃 value
Age	0.066	−0.571	0.117	<0.001*
Sex—female	0.117	18.8	2.721	<0.001*
BMI	0.09	−1.014	0.265	<0.001*
Handgrip strength	0.029	0.031	0.013	0.018*

Cumulative 𝑅²=0.235, BMI: body mass index, *significance set at = 𝑃<0.05, sex: male = 0; female = 1.