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. 2023 Jul 10;10:1137412. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2023.1137412

Table 1.

The descriptive information for study characteristics and selected characteristics by sex.

Parameter Men n = 219 Women n = 89 p
Age [years]
1st quartile; Me; 3rd quartile
37;43; 48 35;39; 44 0.001
BMI [kg/m2]
1st quartile; Me; 3rd quartile
22.72;24.49; 25.66 20.31;21.46; 23.31 <0.000
HDI-10 index
1st quartile; Me; 3rd quartile
17.60;25.00; 33.10 20.90;29.60; 35.90 0.005
UDI-14 index
1st quartile; Me; 3rd quartile
8.00;13.07; 18.57 5.79;8.93; 14.14 <0.000
Domicile
I – a city with over 500,000 inhabitants
II – a city with 500,000–100,000 inhabitants
III – a city with 100,000–50,000 inhabitants
IV – a city with 50,000–20,000 inhabitants
V – a city with 20,000–5,000 inhabitants
VI – village
I – 60 (27.40%)
II – 51 (23.29%)
III – 23 (10.50%)
IV – 25 (11.41%)
V – 22 (10.05%)
VI – 38 (17.35%)
I – 32 (35.95%)
II – 13 (14.61%)
III – 8 (8.99%)
IV – 13 (14.61%)
V – 10 (11.23%)
VI – 13 (14.61%)
0.430
Subjective assessment of health
I – very bad/bad
II – neutrally
III – well
IV – very well
I – 2 (0.91%)
II – 8 (3.65%)
III – 95 (43.38%)
IV – 114 (52.06%)
I – 1 (1.12%)
II – 0 (0.00%)
III – 49 (55.06%)
IV – 39 (43.82%)
0.056
Cigarette smoking Yes: 204 (94.01%)
No: 13 (5.99%)
Yes: 81 (92.05%)
No: 7 (7.95%)
0.662
Education degree
I – primary education
II – vocational education
III – secondary education
IV – higher education
I – 3 (1.38%)
II – 3 (1.38%)
III – 48 (22.01%)
IV – 164 (75.23%)
I – 0 (0.00%)
II – 1 (1.15%)
III – 13 (14.94%)
IV – 73 (83.91%)
0.413
Type of preferred training
I – individual
II – with a partner
III – group
I – 170 (77.62%)
II – 30 (13.70%)
III – 19 (8.68%)
I – 64 (71.91%)
II – 17 (19.10%)
III – 8 (8.99%)
0.475
Number of competitions per year
I – 0
II – 1
III – 2–5
IV – 6–10
V – 11–15
VI – 16–20
VII – 21–30
I – 10 (4.57%)
II – 1 (0.46%)
III – 97 (44.29%)
IV – 78 (35.62%)
V – 23 (10.50%)
VI – 5 (2.28%)
VII – 5 (2.28%)
I – 5 (5.62%)
II – 1 (1.12%)
III – 28 (31.46%)
IV – 36 (40.45%)
V – 10 (11.24%)
VI – 4 (4.49%)
VII – 5 (5.62%)
0.340
Average number of running kilometers per week 1st quartile; Me; 3rd quartile 50;60; 80 45;50; 70 0.001
The longest distance [km]
1st quartile; Me; 3rd quartile
65;100; 130 55;75; 110 0.001

Me – median; the longest distance – the greatest number of kilometers that the respondent managed to run at one time. Bold values represent median and statistical significance (p < 0.05).