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. 2017 Jul 19;8(5):713–726. doi: 10.1002/jcsm.12213

Table 1.

Physical and demographic descriptions of participant cohort

Variable median (IQR) All (n = 96) Men (n = 41) Women (n = 55) P‐value Younger (<60, n = 55) Older (≥60, n = 41) P‐value
Age, years 36.5 (24.0–72.0) 39.0 (25.0–73.0) 35.0 (23.0–69.0) 0.279 24.0 (23.0–30.0) 73.0 (69.0–78.0) <0.001
Sex, % female 57% 60% 54%
Height, m 1.69 (1.62–1.77) 1.77 (1.71–1.81) 1.64 (1.58–1.69) <0.001 1.70 (1.64–1.76) 1.66 (1.59–1.78) 0.173
Weight, kg 70.5 (62.8–82.3) 82.0 (71.9–88.1) 65.2 (58.5–70.9) <0.001 68.0 (60.3–76.8) 75.8 (64.7–84.2) 0.063
BMI, kg/m2 24.3 (22.3–27.3) 25.7 (23.9–27.5) 23.7 (21.8–26.5) 0.021 23.7 (21.6–25.7) 26.6 (23.7–29.2) <0.001
Underweight ≤18.5 kg/m2 0 0 0 0 0
Normal 18.6–24.9 kg/m2 52 16 36 38 14
Overweight 25.0–29.9 kg/m2 30 19 11 12 18
Obese ≥30.0 kg/m2 14 6 8 5 9
Body fat, % 30.2 (24.3–36.8) 25.0 (20.4–29.8) 34.9 (29.3–41.0) <0.001 27.3 (21.7–33.8) 35.1 (29.0–41.5) <0.001
Ethnicity
Caucasian, n 83 35 48 42 41
Asian, n 12 5 7 12 0
Other, n 1 1 0 1 0

IQR, interquartile range.