Table 1.

Mean ± standard deviation (SD) and range values for the demographic and performance variables.

	Mean ± SD	Range
Age	32.3 ± 8.2	20.0 – 50.0
Stature (cm)	178.3 ± 7.9	159.2 – 194.6
Body mass (kg)	92.1 ± 18.6	65.0 – 132.5
BMI (kg/m2)	28.8 ± 5.3	20.9 – 41.2
% BF (%)	24.1 ± 7.9	9.9 – 39.4
Dominant leg mass (kg)	11.9 ± 2.1	8.3 – 17.0
Non-Dominant leg mass (kg)	11.9 ± 2.0	8.7 – 16.7
Leg asymmetry (%)	0.5 ± 2.5	−4.9 – 5.9
SC time (seconds)	74.7 ± 13.4	61.0 – 129.0

BMI – body mass index, % BF – percent body fat, SC – stair climb.

N = 41 male career firefighters