Table 1.

Main characteristics of the experimental population

Age range (years)	Gender	Number	Age (years)		Height (cm)		Weight (kg)		BMI (kg/m2)		% fat mass		Hand circumference (cm)
													left		right
			mean	SD	mean	SD	mean	SD	mean	SD	mean	SD	mean	SD	mean	SD
5–10	F	12	8.0	1.4	127.8	10.4	28.3	7.8	17.0	1.8	23.9	4.4	15.5	1.1	15.6	1.0
	M	15	6.4	1.2	118.0	8.3	22.8	4.6	16.2	1.4	14.1	4.7	15.2	0.7	15.2	0.7
10–15	F	9	12.4	1.4	154.1	11.2	44.1	11.5	18.3	2.5	23.6	3.8	17.4	0.7	17.7	0.8
	M	11	12.3	1.4	155.5	10.4	44.8	9.9	18.3	2.1	16.7	4.4	18.4	1.3	18.5	1.1
15–20	F	15	17.5	1.5	164.6	5.0	59.4	11.4	21.9	3.9	26.2	6.0	18.5	0.8	18.6	0.9
	M	10	18.1	1.5	182.0	6.7	74.9	15.8	22.4	3.4	15.4	7.0	21.2	1.2	21.4	1.3
20–30	F	32	25.6	2.9	167.2	6.7	64.4	15.9	22.9	5.0	29.6	6.8	18.9	0.9	18.9	1.0
	M	27	24.5	2.9	177.8	4.9	74.9	10.3	23.7	3.5	17.3	5.7	21.2	0.8	21.6	0.8
30–40	F	31	35.0	2.8	164.5	5.8	62.8	10.1	23.2	3.6	28.5	7.8	19.0	1.0	19.3	1.1
	M	32	35.4	3.0	176.5	6.6	76.4	12.9	24.5	3.6	18.7	7.2	21.4	0.9	21.6	1.0
40–50	F	32	45.3	3.1	163.8	5.0	62.4	8.9	23.3	3.5	28.5	8.2	18.8	0.7	19.2	0.9
	M	26	44.5	3.1	176.4	6.1	77.3	12.9	24.7	3.3	17.9	5.5	22.0	1.0	22.3	1.2
50–60	F	29	55.1	2.5	162.2	6.1	63.9	10.7	24.4	4.5	29.8	7.5	19.4	0.8	19.5	0.9
	M	11	54.0	3.4	178.3	7.4	78.8	10.2	24.8	2.4	19.0	4.5	22.1	0.6	22.5	0.6
60–70	F	21	64.8	2.9	160.2	7.3	62.8	10.6	24.4	3.4	29.8	6.7	19.3	0.9	19.4	0.8
	M	11	64.4	3.5	172.7	6.8	84.7	13.0	28.2	2.7	24.2	5.3	22.1	1.0	22.1	1.1
70–80	F	17	73.7	2.8	161.3	5.0	62.8	8.1	24.2	3.3	28.8	7.7	19.6	0.8	19.8	0.7
	M	5	74.5	2.9	173.2	5.0	84.3	13.1	28.0	3.1	22.8	5.8	22.0	0.7	21.9	0.4