Table 1.
Age and general anthropometric characteristics of healthy controls and ALS patients included in the study and discriminated by sex.
| Healthy controls Mean ± SD (95% CI) | ALS Mean ± SD (95% CI) | Healthy vs. ALS Z (p) Mann-Whitney U-test | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total sample (n = 66) | Males (n = 42) | Females (n = 24) | Total sample (n = 33) | Males (n = 21) | Females (n = 12) | Total sample | Males | Females | |
| Age (years) | 54.6 ± 8.1 (52.6–56.7) | 53.6 ± 7.2 (51.4–55.8) | 56.5 ± 9.5 (52.5–60.5) | 55.6 ± 10.6 (51.7–59.4) | 56.3 ± 10.8 (51.2–61.4) | 54.2 ± 10.4 (47.6–60.8) | −0.008 (0.994) | −0.482 (0.630) | −1.025 (0.305) |
| Weight (Kg) | 75.8 ± 12.6 (72.7–78.9) | 82.4 ± 9.3 (79.5–85.3) | 64.4 ± 8.9 (60.6–68.2) | 69.0 ± 9.1 (65.7–72.2) | 73.4 ± 7.6 (69.9–76.8) | 61.2 ± 5.9 (57.4–65.0) | −2.629 (0.009)** | −3.401 (0.001)** | −0.672 (0.501) |
| Height (cm) | 170.4 ± 8.4 (168.3–172.5) | 174.8 ± 6.2 (172.9–176.8) | 162.6 ± 5.5 (160.3–165.0) | 168.3 ± 8.5 (165.3–171.4) | 172.0 ± 7.1 (168.7–175.3) | 162.3 ± 7.4 (157.6–167.1) | −1.198 (0.263) | −1.569 (0.117) | −0.286 (0.775) |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 26.0 ± 3.2 (25.2–26.8) | 26.9 ± 2.7 (26.1–27.8) | 24.3 ± 3.4 (22.9–25.8) | 24.4 ± 2.7 (23.4–25.4) | 25.1 ± 2.5 (23.9–26.2) | 23.3 ± 2.8 (21.5–25.1) | −2.201 (0.028)* | −0.520 (0.021)* | −0.523 (0.603) |
*
p < 0.05;
**
p < 0.01.