Table 1: Characteristics of the study participants.
Values are expressed as mean ± standard deviation. BMI, body mass index; PS, pinch strength; UMM,upper extremity muscle mass; UFM, upper extremity fat mass.
Characteristics Total (N=82) Men (n=48) Women (n=34) P value
Age (years) 21.1±0.7 21.1±0.6 21.0±0.7 0.52
Height (cm) 165.7±8.7 171.3±5.3 157.8±6.0 <0.001
Weight (kg) 58.7±11.8 65.5±10.3 49.2±5.6 <0.001
BMI (kg/m2) 21.2±3.0 22.3±3.2 19.7±1.8 <0.001
Left PS (kgf) 6.4±1.5 7.3±1.0 5.0±0.9 <0.001
Right PS (kgf) 6.8±1.7 7.8±1.2 5.4±1.2 <0.001
Left UMM (kg) 2.83±0.59 3.23±0.39 2.26±0.25 <0.001
Right UMM (kg) 2.84±0.59 3.24±0.39 2.27±0.27 <0.001
Left UFM (kg) 0.73±0.28 0.74±0.34 0.71±0.16 0.58
Right UFM (kg) 0.72±0.28 0.73±0.34 0.70±0.15 0.54