Table 2.
Characteristics of Study Participants. Data are Presented as n (Mean, SD) for Parametric Continuous Variables, Median (IQR) for Non-Parametric Continuous Variables. Categorical Factors are Displayed as Counts.
| Non-athlete (n = 30) | Athlete (n = 75) | |||
| Low/Moderate Endurance (n = 47) | High Endurance (n = 28) | |||
| Age (years, continuous) | 30 (30, 2.95) | 47 (26.55, 6.97) | 28 (26.54, 8.92) | |
| Age (categorical) | ||||
| Below 30 | 14 (27.43, 2.13) | 30 (22.1, 2.63) | 19 (21.32, 3.46) | |
| Above 30 | 16 (32.25, 1.18) | 17 (34.4, 4.89) | 9 (37.56, 6.34) | |
| Gender | ||||
| Male | 18 (22%) | 43 (53%) | 20 (25%) | |
| Female | 12 (50%) | 4 (17%) | 8 (33%) | |
| MOTS-c (ng/mL) | 3.89 (3.1, 4.88) | 2.36 (1.74, 4.18) | 2.22 (1.54, 3.94) | |
| Humanin (pg/mL) | 774 (676, 898) | 1258 (615, 1594) | 24, 1114) | |
MOTS-c, mitochondrial open reading frame of the 12S rRNA-c.