TABLE 1.

Subjects' characteristics

	Low‐fitness (n = 16)	High‐fitness (n = 16)
Age (years)	24.0 [21.3–25.5]	21.8 [21.5–23.6]
Ethnicity	Caucasian (11), Asian (1), Indo‐pacific (4)	All Caucasian
Weight (kg)	59.2 ± 7.2	60.8 ± 6.9
Height (m)	1.63 ± 0.07	1.68 ± 0.04*
Fat mass (% of weight)	28.9 ± 3.9	24.6 ± 4.7**
$\dot{\mathrm{V}}$O2peak (ml/kg/min)	35.1 [32.2–35.7]	51.0 [49.2–55.4]***
MVC dominant arm	30.0 [25.3–33.5]	36.5 [32.0–39.50]*
MVC non‐dominant arm	27.5 [24.0–33.5]	33.5 [30.3–37.0]*
Hemoglobin (mmol/L)	8.4 ± 0.6	8.5 ± 0.6
Usage of birth control pill	6/16	7/16
If not;17β‐estradiol (pmol/L)	470.9 [337–590]	153.8 [84−806]
ATT wrist flexors (mm)	5.3 [4.3–6.9]	4.0 [2.3–5.0]*
ATT GAS (mm)	8.6 [6.9–10.6]	6.9 [6.0–7.9]*

Maximal oxygen consumption ($\dot{\mathrm{V}}$O₂peak), maximal voluntary contraction (MVC) handgrip strength, adipose tissue thickness (ATT), gastrocnemius (GAS). Values are mean ± SD for normally distributed data, and median [Inter quartile range] for not normally distributed data.

^* p < 0.05.

^** p < 0.01.

^*** p < 0.001.