Allometric scaling of aerobic fitness outputs in school-aged pubertal girls

BMC Pediatrics

Table 2 Allometric modeling of VO_2peak using different body size descriptors (n = 51)

ln (VO_2peak) = ln (a) + k × ln (Xi: size descriptor) + ln (ε)				Model summary
Xi (size descriptor)	Constant	k-exponent		R ²	Adjusted R ²
Xi (size descriptor)	Constant	Value	(95% CI)	R ²	Adjusted R ²
Stature	−6.753	1.463	(0.476 to 2.449)	0.154	0.136
Body mass	−1.360	0.516	(0.367 to 0.666)	0.486	0.486
Fat-free mass	−1.939	0.723	(0.494 to 0.951)	0.452	0.441

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