Table 1. Characteristics of the participants.

Variable	Females Mean ± SD	Males Mean ± SD
Age (year)	20.61 ± 1.1	21.40 ± 1.4*
Height (m)	1.56 ± 0.04	1.74 ± 0.08*
Mass (kg)	54.8 ± 12.9	77.6 ± 19.9*
Body-mass index (kg/m2)	22.4 ± 4.8	25.6 ± 5.6*
Leg length (cm)	87.6 ± 3.4	93.2 ± 5.2*

SD: standard deviation. *Significant difference between males and females (p < 0.05)