Table 2.
Baseline characteristics
| Ex-elite table tennis players (n = 22) | Controls (n = 22) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristics |
Mean/ percentage |
95% CI |
Mean/ percentage |
95% CI | P value |
| Mean age (years) | 56.64 | 66.67-46.41 | 55.63 | 61.67-49.59 | 0.52 |
| Mean height (cm) | 172.63 | 187.07-158.19 | 174.00 | 187.03-160.97 | 0.53 |
| Mean weight (kg) | 76.31 | 92.75-59.87 | 77.36 | 91.65-63.07 | 0.66 |
| Mean body mass index (kg/m2) | 25.30 | 29.74-20.86 | 25.60 | 29.19-22.01 | 0.63 |
| Intercondylar distance (cm) | 4.96 | 7.97-1.95 | 3.78 | 6.95-0.81 | 0.01** |
| Smokers/ex-smokers (%) | 13.6 | 36.4 | 0.08 | ||
** P ≤ 0.01 Student T-test