Table 1.

Characteristics of the participants enrolled in this study.

	All (n = 214)	Men (n = 107)	Women (n = 107)
Age (years)	47.9 ± 17.0	47.5 ± 17.9	48.3 ± 16.3
Height (cm)	163.2 ± 8.8	169.6 ± 5.9	156.7 ± 5.9 ***
Body mass (kg)	68.9 ± 12.2	74.7 ± 11.2	62.5 ± 9.9 ***
BMI (kg/m2)	25.7 ± 4.0	26.0 ± 3.8	25.5 ± 4.2
MHC-I (%)	45.5 ± 12.3	40.7 ± 11.5	50.3 ± 11.2 ***
MHC-IIa (%)	33.4 ± 8.6	35.9 ± 8.2	30.9 ± 8.2 ***
MHC-IIx (%)	21.1 ± 9.0	23.4 ± 9.1	18.8 ± 8.3 ***

BMI: Body mass index; MHC: Myosin heavy chain. Data are expressed as means ± SD. *** p < 0.001 vs. men.