Table 1.

Descriptive statistics for the physical measurements by sex – overall sample and stratified by clinic attended

	Mean (standard deviation) aMedian (inter-quartile range)
Physical measures	Men (n=81)c	Women (n=93)d	p-valueb
Chair rise time (s)a
Total sample	21 (16–26)	21 (18–26)	0.19
clinic 1	20 (15–27)	18 (18–19)
clinic 2	20.5 (16–24)	19 (18–25)
clinic 3	20 (18–27)	24 (21–26)
clinic 4	23 (17–26)	19.5 (17.5–21)
clinic 5	21 (15–27)	23 (20–30)
Balance time (s)a
Total sample	5 (4–10)	4 (2–7)	0.03
clinic 1	6 (4–8)	4 (3–6)
clinic 2	11 (4–46)	4 (2–5)
clinic 3	4 (3–6)	5 (2–8)
clinic 4	5 (3–7)	3 (2.5–4)
clinic 5	7 (4–27)	5 (3–9)
Leg power (watts)
Total sample	216.2 (65.9)	118.3 (39.5)	<0.001
clinic 1	243.4 (67.4)	138.3 (33.1)
clinic 2	200.5 (50.3)	104.1 (40.0)
clinic 3	237.0 (63.4)	130.7 (51.2)
clinic 4	171.9 (45.8)	99.4 (31.9)
clinic 5	242.5 (82.5)	123.4 (33.3)
Leg power/kg
Total sample	2.6 (0.7)	1.7 (0.5)	<0.001
clinic 1	2.9 (0.9)	2.0 (0.4)
clinic 2	2.6 (0.7)	1.5 (0.5)
clinic 3	2.6 (0.6)	1.8 (0.6)
clinic 4	2.6 (0.6)	1.5 (0.5)
clinic 5	2.9 (0.7)	1.8 (0.5)
Weight (kg)
Total sample	84.0 (14.0)	70.9 (13.1)	<0.001
clinic 1	87.9 (21.5)	69.2 (8.6)
clinic 2	78.3 (12.1)	71.4 (15.7)
clinic 3	89.6 (11.7)	74.2 (14.6)
clinic 4	81.3 (10.4)	65.5 (7.7)
clinic 5	82.8 (12.2)	71.5 (13.1)
Height (cm)
Total sample	175.6 (7.5)	162.6 (6.8)	<0.001
clinic 1	172.3 (6.4)	166.7 (6.5)
clinic 2	173.4 (8.2)	160.0 (6.5)
clinic 3	177.0 (7.1)	159.5 (5.4)
clinic 4	176.9 (7.1)	161.5 (6.1)
clinic 5	178.6 (7.9)	164.8 (7.0)

^aMedian (inter-quartile range)

^bp-value from test of sex difference

^cTotal number of men=81 (clinic 1=13, clinic 2=18, clinic 3=21, clinic 4=18, clinic 5=11)

^dTotal number of women=93 (clinic 1=9, clinic 2=22, clinic 3=15, clinic 4=12, clinic 5=35)