Table 1.
Participants’ demographic and anthropometric characteristics by gender.
| Variables | Total Sample (n = 50) |
Gender | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Male (n = 26) |
Female (n = 24) |
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| Age (years) | 22.3 ± 5.4 | 23.7 ± 6.7 | 20.8 ± 2.9 |
| Height (m) | 1.72 ± 0.09 | 1.78 ± 0.07 | 1.65 ± 0.06 |
| Weight (kg) | 70.8 ± 17.3 | 79.7 ± 18.3 | 61.1 ± 9.5 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 23.5 ± 3.8 | 24.7 ± 4.2 | 22.1 ± 2.7 |
| Forearm Length (cm) | 25.6 ± 1.9 | 26.6 ± 1.6 | 24.5 ± 1.6 |
| Forearm Perimeter (cm) | 21.9 ± 2.4 | 23.4 ± 1.9 | 20.3 ± 1.9 |
| Difference | |||
| Age (years) | 2.9 (−0.1; 5.9) p = 0.057 | ||
| Height (m) | 0.12 (0.08; 0.16) p < 0.001 | ||
| Weight (kg) | 18.6 (10.1; 27.0) p < 0.001 | ||
| BMI (kg/m2) | 2.6 (0.6; 4.7) p = 0.013 | ||
| Forearm Length (cm) | 2.0 (1.1; 3.0) p < 0.001 | ||
| Forearm Perimeter (cm) | 3.1 (2.0; 4.2) p < 0.001 | ||
Baseline values are expressed as mean ± standard deviation; differences are expressed as mean (95% confidence interval).