Table 4.
Normative values for estimated absolute muscle power in women, stratified by age groups
| Age groups (years) | Observations (n) | Centiles | Mean (SD) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5th | 25th | 50th | 75th | 95th | |||
| Muscle power (W) | |||||||
| 18–30 | 536 | 197.8 | 267.1 | 311.7 | 369.5 | 488.9 | 323.3 (90.0) |
| 31–40 | 582 | 194.3 | 263.4 | 313.4 | 376.6 | 492.0 | 325.2 (92.2) |
| 41–50 | 1248 | 185.9 | 253.9 | 300.0 | 262.9 | 477.6 | 311.7 (87.0) |
| 51–60 | 1996 | 168.2 | 225.7 | 272.4 | 325.6 | 436.0 | 282.0 (82.3) |
| 61–70 | 1701 | 145.1 | 203.4 | 240.6 | 286.2 | 366.9 | 247.7 (68.7) |
| 71–80 | 988 | 119.1 | 134.4 | 206.2 | 249.2 | 321.7 | 211.5 (66.1) |
| 81+ | 166 | 77.3 | 125.6 | 171.2 | 214.7 | 279.1 | 176.0 (66.0) |