Table 2.
Characteristics of the study participants. Comparison of the studied groups by the Student's t-test.
| Parameter | Exercising group | Non-exercising controls | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N = 21 | N = 20 | ||||||||
| Mean | SD | MIN | MAX | Mean | SD | MIN | MAX | p | |
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| Body height [cm] | 161.1 | 6.7 | 148 | 173 | 157.2 | 6.9 | 144 | 170 | 0.067 |
| Body weight [kg] | 72.2 | 10.4 | 56 | 91 | 74.4 | 10.4 | 55 | 90 | 0.510 |
| BMI [kg/m2] | 27.5 | 3.0 | 21.9 | 34.7 | 30.0 | 3.0 | 21.8 | 34.1 | 0.010∗∗ |
| Age [years] | 69.1 | 3.9 | 65 | 75 | 67.8 | 3.3 | 65 | 75 | 0.240 |
N: number, SD: standard deviation, p: probability of a type I error, ∗: statistically significant differences at α≤ 0.05, and ∗∗: statistically significant differences at α≤0.01