Table 1.
Specification of subjects in three groups of ‘better’, ‘same’ and ‘worse’
| Over 2 years | Classification | Gender | Mean (SD) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | PH | CH | Female | Male | Age (t1) | Height | Weight | LBM | |
| Better | 0 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 37.2 (6.9) | 168.7 (5.3) | 65.8 (8.5) | 46.1 (5.5) |
| Same | 70 | 4 | 2 | 58 | 18 | 34.6 (9.3) | 165.8 (8.3) | 64.5 (12.5) | 46.6 (9.4) |
| Worse | 12 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 39.1 (8.6) | 169.6 (10.2) | 72.2 (13.6) | 51.4 (11.3) |
Volunteers were classified into three groups of no-history (N), past history (PH) and chronic history (CH) at inception—time 1