Table 1: Participant characteristics.
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Sex |
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Fitness |
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Fitness within Sex |
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Measure |
Overall |
Males |
Females |
P |
High |
Low |
P |
HFM |
LFM |
P |
HFF |
LFF |
P |
n (M/F) |
22 |
12 |
10 |
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11 (6/5) |
11 (6/5) |
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6 |
5 |
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5 |
5 |
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Age (years) |
23.00 (3.88) |
23.17 (4.56) |
22.90 (3.31) |
0.879 |
23.81 (4.60) |
22.26 (3.22) |
0.373 |
25.00 (5.79) |
21.80 (1.92) |
0.271 |
22.20 (2.58) |
23.60 (4.09) |
0.537 |
Height (centimeters) |
172.41 (7.82) |
177.15 (6.39)a |
166.73 (6.85)a |
0.001 |
172.66 (5.90) |
172.16 (10.55) |
0.892 |
175.93 (6.33)b |
178.36 (7.60)c |
0.577 |
170.6 (3.72) |
162.86 (7.38)bc |
0.070 |
Weight (kilograms) |
76.24 (12.74) |
84.43 (11.72)a |
66.41 (7.39)a |
0.001 |
74.87 (6.58) |
77.61 (5.46) |
0.654 |
74.51 (4.99)b |
90.46 (12.54)c |
0.081 |
68.33 (4.97)bc |
64.49 (8.82)bc |
0.444 |
Fat-Free Mass (kilograms) |
57.92 (11.95) |
66.39 (10.09)a |
47.75 (5.42)a |
0.001 |
58.41 (8.27) |
57.42 (16.09) |
0.858 |
63.61 (6.50)b |
71.66 (12.54)c |
0.202 |
50.54 (2.80)bc |
44.95 (6.23)bc |
0.105 |
Fat Mass (kilograms) |
18.32 (4.26) |
18.04 (4.22) |
18.66 (3.88) |
0.728 |
16.46 (3.80)a |
20.18 (3.35)a |
0.024 |
15.80 (4.84) |
21.03 (0.70) |
0.042 |
17.78 (3.47) |
19.53 (4.46) |
0.510 |
Body Fat (%) |
23.60 (5.37) |
20.89 (3.91)a |
26.99 (4.27)a |
0.001 |
21.43 (4.46) |
25.93 (5.11) |
0.817 |
19.68 (4.69)b |
22.98 (2.59)c |
0.197 |
25.92 (3.54)ab |
30.14 (4.18)abc |
0.012 |
Visceral Adipose Tissue (grams) |
242.15 (94.21) |
290.40 (87.30)a |
181.85 (56.81)a |
0.002 |
227.70 (80.93) a |
277.00 (89.18) a |
0.027 |
246.6 (81.35) |
353.80 (68.34)c |
0.045 |
194.2 (64.88)c |
211.0 (53.63)c |
0.667 |
Waist-to-Hip Ratio |
1.28 (0.08) |
1.22 (0.06)a |
1.34 (0.05)a |
0.001 |
1.27 (0.05) |
1.28 (0.10) |
0.812 |
1.24 (0.04)b |
1.18 (0.09)c |
0.258 |
1.34 (0.05)c |
1.33 (0.06)bc |
0.999 |
V̇ O2peak (ml•kg-1•min- 1) |
40.92 (6.55) |
42.79 (7.81) |
38.65 (5.42) |
0.173 |
46.64 (4.57)a |
35.19 (3.17)a |
0.001 |
49.21 (3.97)ab |
37.90 (2.69)ac |
0.001 |
43.10 (3.73)abc |
34.20 (1.67)abc |
0.002 |
Mitochondria oxidative capacity (OD•sec-1) |
1.56 (0.63) |
1.66 (0.79) |
1.42 (0.46) |
0.485 |
1.85 (0.80)a |
1.20 (0.15)a |
0.040 |
2.00 (0.95) |
1.24 (0.18) |
0.115 |
1.75 (0.58) |
1.17 (0.09) |
0.104 |
Note: HFM: High Fitness Males; LFM: Low Fitness Males; HFF: High Fitness Females; LWF: Low Fitness Females. asignificantly different between groups P ≤ 0.05; bsignificantly different between groups P ≤ 0.05; csignificantly different between groups P ≤ 0.05