Table 1.
Demographic data
| Characteristics | Men (n = 10) |
Women (n = 11) |
Combined (n = 21) |
Sex Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean (SD) | ||||
| Age (years) | 26.2 (6.5) | 28.5 (7.6) | 27.4 (7.0) | p = 0.48 |
| Education (years) | 14.2 (1.9) | 14.4 (2.1) | 14.3 (2.0) | p = 0.50 |
| BMI | 24.6 (3.6) | 24.5 (3.5) | 24.5 (3.4) | p = 0.97 |
| Height (inches) | 69.0 (1.9) | 63.0 (2.5) | 66.8 (3.8) | p = 0.0003 |
| Weight (lbs) | 166.2 (22.0) | 138.7 (21.9) | 151.8 (25.6) | p = 0.022 |
| Cigarettes (per day) | .3 (0.9) | 1.8 (3.8) | 1.1 (2.9) | p = 0.89 |
| Alcohol (drinks per week) | 13.8 (8.3) | 11.7 (6.9) | 12.7 (7.5) | p = 0.33 |
| Ethnicity* (AA/C/H/other) | 2/2/5/1 | 0/0/8/3 | 2/2/13/4 | p = .28 |
*
Ethnicity is represented as the frequency of individuals in each group identifying as African-American (AA), Caucasian (C), Hispanic (H) or other and was compared across sexes using a chi-square analysis.