Table 1.

Characteristics of participants

Groups		Subjects (n=27)	Sex	Age (yrs)	Height (in.)	Weight (lbs)	Smoking	BMI	Level of SCI	AIS category	Time after SCI (mos)
Complete	Cervical	A33	M	51	74	232	–	29.8	C2	AIS-A	36
		A38	F	37	69	113	–	16.7	C4	AIS-A	256
		A41	M	19	72	150	–	20.3	C4	AIS-A	30
		B18	M	46	72	155	–	21.0	C3	AIS-B	241
		B17	M	42	75	217	–	27.1	C5	AIS-B	16
		B12	M	23	75	180	–	22.5	C5	AIS-B	33
		B11	M	23	68	185	–	28.1	C5	AIS-B	75
	Thoracic	A37	M	25	74	115	–	14.8	T3	AIS-A	23
		A35	M	34	73	200	–	26.4	T3	AIS-A	396
		A43	M	30	74	210	†	27.0	T4	AIS-A	11
		A39	M	35	70	175	–	25.1	T5	AIS-A	184
		A46	F	44	62	192	–	35.1	T6	AIS-A	44
		B07	M	22	72	181	–	24.6	T2	AIS-B	35
Incomplete	Cervical	C19	F	59	62	130	–	23.8	C4	AIS-C	38
		C27	M	57	70	190	–	27.3	C4	AIS-C	36
		C26	M	33	72	165	†	22.4	C6	AIS-C	7
		D33	F	60	62	200	–	36.6	C2	AIS-D	26
		D16	M	45	61	200	–	37.8	C3	AIS-D	109
		C23	M	64	71	182	–	25.4	C3	AIS-D	32
		D21	F	22	62	125	–	22.9	C5	AIS-D	72
		D34	M	67	74	212	–	27.2	C6	AIS-D	130
	Thoracic	C16	M	35	72	185	–	25.1	T1	AIS-C	75
		C15	M	53	72	175	–	23.7	T5	AIS-C	262
		C25	M	36	70	195	–	28.0	T11	AIS-C	32
		C24	F	40	68	128	–	19.5	T12	AIS-C	113
		C11	M	30	67	170	–	26.6	T12	AIS-C	15
		D22	M	44	68	130	–	19.8	T4	AIS-D	145
Mean ± SD			N/A	40 ± 14	70 ± 4	174 ± 33	N/A	25.3 ± 5.4	N/A	N/A	92 ± 98