. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Aug 15.

Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Exerc Sci. 2009 Aug;21(3):354–364. doi: 10.1123/pes.21.3.354

Table 1.

Participants Characteristics. Values Are Expressed As Mean ± SD (Minimum to Maximum)

Variable	Women	Men

n	15	10
Age (yrs)^*	21.5 ± 0.6(20.6–22.8)	9.1 ± 1.4(7.3–11.8)
Years from PHV (yrs)	—	−2.6 ± 1.2(−4.2– −0.2)
Body mass (kg)^*	67.0 ± 10.7(53.9–94.0)	27.7 ± 4.5(21.1–34.7)
Height (cm)^*	170.6 ± 6.6(160.2–181.1)	133.4 ± 11.5(116.3–155.6)
Body fat (%)^*	26.6 ± 2.9(22.2–33.5)	17.3 ± 3.8(12.0–22.3)
Lean body mass (kg)^*	49.0 ± 6.0(40.1–62.5)	22.9 ± 3.9(17.0–28.6)
Biceps skinfold thickness (mm)^*	8.1 ± 3.1 (4.9–17.9)	6.0 ± 1.5 (3.5–8.5)
Triceps skinfold thickness (mm)^*	18.0 ± 3.1(13.0–24.5)	10.9 ± 2.3(7.8–14.5)
Biceps CSA (cm²)^*	4.83 ± 0.70(3.50–6.27)	2.02 ± 0.52(1.05–2.61)
Triceps CSA (cm²)^*	1.53 ± 0.47(0.79–2.36)	0.68 ± 0.25(0.35–1.07)

Note. CSA = cross sectional area, PHV = age of peak height velocity

significant difference between girls and women (p ≤.05)