Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition

Table 3 Pearson correlations between the variables and the 6MWT results

From: Breaking barriers: novel reference equations for the six-minute walk distance and work in obese Chinese adults

6MWD, m
Variable	Males		Females
	r-value	p-value	r-value	p-value
Age, years	-0.515	< 0.001	-0.521	< 0.001
Height, cm	0.227	0.002	0.192	0.008
Body mass, kg	-0.004	0.481	-0.005	0.478
BMI, kg/m²	-0.408	< 0.001	-0.370	< 0.001

6MWW, kg·m
Variable	Males		Females
	r-value	p-value	r-value	p-value
Age, years	-0.574	< 0.001	-0.573	< 0.001
Height, cm	0.709	< 0.001	0.722	< 0.001
Body mass, kg	0.613	< 0.001	0.641	< 0.001
BMI, kg/m²	-0.098	0.112	-0.016	0.421

6MWD: six-minute walk distance; 6MWW: six-minute walk work; r value: pearson’s correlation coefficients

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