Table 1 Participants’ characteristics.

From: Bioelectrical impedance analysis to estimate one-repetition maximum measurement of muscle strength for leg press in healthy young adults

 

All participants (n = 35)

Men (n = 18)

Women (n = 17)

P-value

Age, years

28.3 ± 3.8

29.8 ± 3.1

26.7 ± 3.9

0.013

Height, cm

163.3 ± 8.8

170.3 ± 4.5

155.9 ± 5.4

0.0001

Weight, kg

55.5 ± 8.7

61.8 ± 6.5

48.7 ± 4.6

0.0001

BMI, kg/m2

20.7 ± 2.1

21.3 ± 2.0

20.1 ± 2.1

0.082

Whole body FM, kg

10.9 ± 3.8

10.0 ± 4.0

11.8 ± 3.6

0.176

Dominant-arm SMM, kg

2.2 ± 0.6

2.8 ± 0.3

1.6 ± 0.2

0.0001

Non-dominant arm SMM, kg

2.2 ± 0.6

2.7 ± 0.3

1.6 ± 0.2

0.0001

Dominant-leg SMM, kg

7.2 ± 1.6

8.5 ± 0.9

5.7 ± 0.6

0.0001

Non-dominant leg SMM, kg

7.2 ± 1.6

8.5 ± 0.9

5.7 ± 0.6

0.0001

Trunk SMM, kg

19.5 ± 3.8

22.8 ± 1.8

15.9 ± 1.4

0.0001

SMI, kg/m2

6.9 ± 1.0

7.7 ± 0.5

6.1 ± 0.4

0.0001

1RM for leg-press, kg

71.0 ± 16.5

84.2 ± 8.4

57.1 ± 10.2

0.0001

  1. Data are presented as the mean ± standard deviation.
  2. 1RM one-repetition maximum, BMI body mass index, FM fat mass, SMI skeletal muscle mass index, SMM skeletal muscle mass.
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