. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Mar 27.

Published in final edited form as: Eur J Appl Physiol. 2019 Jan 11;119(4):857–866. doi: 10.1007/s00421-019-04075-z

Table 1.

Physical Characteristics

	Control (n=16)	Preterm (n=12)	p-value	Cohen’s d
Sex (n, % female)	6, 38%	6, 50%	0.379
Age (years)	25.6 ± 0.7	26.9 ± 1.1	<0.001	1.86
Height (cm)	176.1 ± 8.6	171.1 ± 9.8	0.109	0.50
Weight (kg)	77.6 ± 14.9	70.0 ± 13.3	0.123	0.57
BMI (kg/m²)	24.9 ± 3.0	23.8 ± 3.3	0.340	0.32
Gestational age (weeks)	39.5 ± 0.6	28.5 ± 2.7	<0.001	20.6
G-PAQ (MET-min/week)	3515 ± 2707	3282 ± 1953	0.875	0.10

Data are expressed as mean ± SD. BMI, body mass index; G-PAQ, global physical activity questionnaire; MET, metabolic equivalent.