Table 1.
Descriptive characteristics of the participants (n = 43). Data are means (±SD).
| Overweight Men (BMI < 30 kg·m-2, n=4) |
Obese Men (BMI ≥ 30 kg·m-2, n=12) |
Overweight Women (BMI < 30 kg·m-2, n=15) |
Obese Women (BMI ≥ 30 kg·m-2, n=12) |
All (n=43) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (yr) † | 39.5 (3.1) | 37.4 (6.0) | 32.1 (4.7) | 34.5 (4.6) | 34.9 (5.5) |
| Height (cm) † | 1.75 (.03) | 1.74 (.08) | 1.61 (.06) | 1.61 (.08) | 1.66 (.09) |
| Weight (kg) *† | 86.8 (4.8) | 104.5 (12.4) | 72.7 (6.5) | 85.0 (7.0) | 86.3 (15.2) |
| BMI (kg·m-2) *† | 28.4 (1.7) | 34.6 (3.3) | 28.0 (1.3) | 32.9 (2.3) | 31.2 (3.7) |
| %BF† | 29.2 (2.6) | 34.7 (3.2) | 39.4 (3.4) | 43.6 (4.0) | 38.3 (5.6) |
* p < 0.05 for overweight versus obese,
† p < 0.05 for men versus women.