Table 3 |
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Anthropometric and body composition (mean (SD)) comparison between women with and without tendon pathology. |
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Normal Achilles n = 163 |
Abnormal Achilles n = 8 |
p value |
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Age (years)† |
36.0 (10.3) |
47.4 (10.0) |
0.008 |
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Menopause (pre:peri/post) |
142:21 |
3:5 |
0.002 |
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Anthropometry |
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Height (cm) |
166.8 (6.6) |
161.7 (6.1) |
0.046 |
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Weight (kg) |
66.2 (9.3) |
59.1 (7.9) |
0.048 |
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BMI (kg/m2) |
23.8 (3.2) |
22.6 (2.6) |
0.319 |
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Waist (cm) |
77.0 (8.8) |
75.2 (5.3) |
0.596 |
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Hip (cm) |
100.4 (6.8) |
95.6 (6.9) |
0.065 |
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WHR‡ |
0.766 (0.065) |
0.789 (0.064) |
0.367 |
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Fat |
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Total (g)‡ |
21626 (7882) |
17196 (3173) |
0.009 |
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Arms (g) |
1957 (882) |
1673 (423) |
0.399 |
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Leg (g) |
8897 (3058) |
7436 (1484) |
0.211 |
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Trunk (g)‡ |
10087 (4152) |
7367 (1662) |
0.003 |
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Android (g)‡ |
1616 (811) |
1117 (324) |
0.005 |
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Gynoid (g) |
4719 (1359) |
3815 (638) |
0.082 |
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Fat Mass Ratio |
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Android/Gynoid |
0.330 (0.107) |
0.298 (0.098) |
0.449 |
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Upper-body/Lower-body |
1.346 (0.313) |
1.229 (0.237) |
0.330 |
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Central/Peripheral |
0.922 (0.194) |
0.711 (0.321) |
0.004 |
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Changes in other tendons (y:n)§ |
7:135 |
2:2 |
0.019 |
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† - Variable not normally distributed, Mann-Whitney U test. ‡ - Normally distributed but significant difference in variance between groups. § - Expected cell count < 5, Fisher's Exact test. |
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Gaida et al. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2010 11:41 doi:10.1186/1471-2474-11-41 |
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