Table 2.

Absolute and relative (to body mass: BM and to lean mass: LM) hand gripping and back strength performances of male and female subjects

Groups Tests	Male (n = 72)	Female (n = 64)	∆ F/M (%)
Hand grip (HG) (kg)	44.0 ± 5	31.0 ± 4	30.8 p < 0.001
Hand grip relative to body mass (HG/BM)	0.6 ± 0.08	0.5 ± 0.06	18.03 p < 0.001
Hand grip relative to lean mass (HG/LM)	0.74 ± 0.10	0.67 ± 0.06	9.46 p < 0.01
Back strength (BS) (kg)	141.0 ± 18	81.6 ± 13	43.7 p < 0.001
Back strength relative to body mass (BS/BM)	2 ± 0.26	1.3 ± 0.2	31.1 p < 0.001
Back strength relative to lean mass (BS/LM)	2.4 ± 0.3	2 ± 0.2	15.7 p < 0.01

Data presentation as in Table 1