Table I.
Descriptive characteristics of participants three months pre-race
| All participants (N = 23) |
First-time marathon runners (n = 13) |
Previous marathon runners (n = 10) |
|t| | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baseline measures | Mean | Sx | Mean | Sx | Mean | Sx | |
| Age (years) | 34.4 | 2.1 | 32.4 | 2.9 | 37.0 | 2.9 | 1.12 |
| Body mass index (kg m2) | 23.4 | 0.5 | 23.1 | 0.6 | 23.7 | 0.9 | 0.59 |
| Waist-to-hip ratio | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 1.32 |
| Body fat (%) | 23.0 | 1.9 | 24.6 | 2.7 | 21.0 | 2.6 | 0.97 |
| Android region fat (%) | 27.2 | 2.4 | 28.0 | 3.7 | 26.2 | 3.0 | 0.38 |
| Gynoid region fat (%) | 30.7 | 2.0 | 32.6 | 2.7 | 28.2 | 3.0 | 1.11 |
| Marathon finishing time (minutes) | 253.2 | 9.6 | 254.9 | 9.9 | 251.1 | 18.3 | 0.20 |