Table 1.
Characteristics of masters athletics (arithmetic mean ± SD).
| Variables | Poland n = 51 |
France n = 14 |
Great Britain n = 21 |
p Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| age (years) | 50.5 ± 8.3 | 51.1 ± 9.6 | 50.5 ± 8.7 | 0.996 a |
| onset of MA career (age) | 42.1 ± 7.6 | 41.8 ± 7.9 | 43.9 ± 5.6 | 0.255 a |
| duration of MA career (years) | 8.4 ± 6.7 | 7.6 ± 5.9 | 7.1 ± 6.4 | 0.699 a |
| height (cm) | 177.4 ± 6.7 | 177.9 ± 4.9 | 177.5 ± 6.0 | 0.960 b |
| body weight (kg) | 77.6 ± 9.4 | 77.9 ± 5.8 | 75.5 ± 9.0 | 0.618 b |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 24.6 ± 2.4 | 24.6 ± 1.8 | 24.0 ± 2.4 | 0.522 b |
| body fat (%) | 16.7 ± 4.4 | 16.0 ± 4.2 | 15.2 ± 4.0 | 0.409 b |
| fat free mass (kg) | 64.4 ± 6.1 | 65.4 ± 4.4 | 63.7 ± 5.8 | 0.730 b |
| muscle mass (kg) | 61.2 ± 5.8 | 62.1 ± 4.2 | 60.6 ± 5.5 | 0.733 b |
a—Kruskal Wallis’ test, b—ANOVA; p < 0.05—a statistically significant value; MA—masters athletics.