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Table 3.

Correlations between anthropometric variables and V̇_O₂ at 16 km h^–1 (N=15)

Anthropometric variable	r²	Slope	P-value
Mass	0.17	0.25	0.12
Height	0.09	0.22	0.29
Body mass index (BMI)	0.26	1.77	0.05^*
Foot length	0.33	2.20	0.03^*
Lower-leg length	0.18	1.43	0.12
Total leg length	0.14	0.47	0.17
Lower-leg volume	0.28	7.19	0.04^*
Lower-leg moment of inertia	0.39	709	0.01^*
Moment arm	0.56	11.91	0.00^*
Lower-leg circumference	0.24	0.85	0.07

Anthropometric variable	r²	Slope	P-value
Mass	0.17	0.25	0.12
Height	0.09	0.22	0.29
Body mass index (BMI)	0.26	1.77	0.05^*
Foot length	0.33	2.20	0.03^*
Lower-leg length	0.18	1.43	0.12
Total leg length	0.14	0.47	0.17
Lower-leg volume	0.28	7.19	0.04^*
Lower-leg moment of inertia	0.39	709	0.01^*
Moment arm	0.56	11.91	0.00^*
Lower-leg circumference	0.24	0.85	0.07

r², explained variance(^*P≤0.05). N, number of subjects