From surgery to functional capacity: muscle strength modifications in women post sleeve gastrectomy

Table 4 Hierarchical stepwise multiple regression examining the effect of pre-surgery outcomes on weight loss

Variables	β	S.E. β	t	C.I. 95%	ρ	R	R²	Adjusted R²	F
BMI	-0.78	0.15	t(57) = -5.28**	-1.07 to -0.48	-0.59**	0.57	0.34	0.33	30.4**
Age	0.25	0.07	t(57) = 3.68**	0.11 to 0.38	0.46**	0.46	0.21	0.2	15.48**
Final model						0.69	0.47	0.45	25.24**

* p < 0.05; ** p < 0.001; Abbreviation: BMI: Body Mass Index; C.I.: confidence interval; F: Welch’s F Test; R: correlation coefficient; R2: multiple correlation coefficient; S.E.: standard error; t: value of the test statistics from the t distribution; β: individual contribution of predictor to the model; ρ: Pearson correlation with weight loss

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