Baseline characteristics of study participants
Characteristics | Marathon runners n=71 | Non-marathon runners n=11 |
Age (years) | 44±8.5 | 44±7.0 |
BMI (kg/m2) Height (cm) | 25.2±3.6 171±9.2 | 24.2±2.2* 176±10.7 |
Male : Female ratio† | 32 : 39 | 5 : 6 |
Values are reported as mean±SD for normally distributed data.
*There were two outliers for BMI (≥30kg/m2) so we excluded those participants from the BMI analysis.
†Average and measure of spread do not apply for categorical data.
BMI, body mass index.