Skip to main content

Table 5 Bivariate correlation of respiratory quotient, percent body fat and nutrient intake

From: Comparison of seasonal variation in the fasting respiratory quotient of young Japanese, Polish and Thai women in relation to seasonal change in their percent body fat

Independent variable

Dependent variable

Regression slope

Correlation coefficient within participants

P

Japanese (n = 24)

   

Energy intake (kcal)

RQ

0.000

0.062

0.604

Fat (%)

RQ

0.000

0.036

0.763

Carbohydrate (%)

RQ

0.000

0.025

0.834

C/F ratio

RQ

0.005

0.058

0.625

RQ

%BF

13.360

0.189

0.108

Energy intake (kcal)

%BF

−0.001

−0.119

0.314

Fat (%)

%BF

0.009

0.014

0.908

Carbohydrate (%)

%BF

−0.048

−0.076

0.522

C/F ratio

%BF

−0.162

−0.027

0.820

Polish (n = 30)

   

Energy intake (kcal)

RQ

0.000

0.131

0.217

Fat (%)

RQ

−0.001

−0.088

0.409

Carbohydrate (%)

RQ

0.001

0.112

0.291

C/F ratio

RQ

0.009

0.102

0.335

RQ

%BF

8.349

0.192

0.068

Energy intake (kcal)

%BF

0.000

0.066

0.533

Fat (%)

%BF

0.063

0.188

0.075

Carbohydrate (%)

%BF

−0.040

−0.136

0.198

C/F ratio

%BF

−0.697

−0.179

0.090

Thai (n = 27)

   

RQ

%BF

−4.629

−0.159

0.154

  1. C/F ratio: carbohydrate to fat intake ratio; %BF: percent body fat; RQ: respiratory quotient. Correlation between the variables within the subject was analyzed by multiple regression with repeated observations. P <0.05 was considered to be statistically significant.