52 Chapter 3 Table 1. Participant characteristics. Values are means with standard deviation (SD) unless otherwise described. Participant characteristics (n=500) Mean (SD) / Median [IQR] Overall Female Male Population demographics Age (years) 30 [22-50] 34 [23-52] 28 [21-45] Gender (Male/Female/Other; n) 218/274/8 274 218 Height (cm) 174 [168-180] 169 [164-173] 181 [176-186] Mass (kg) 71 [64-80] 66 [60-73] 78 [72-87] BMI (kg/m2) 23.3 [21.7-25.6] 23.1 [21.3-25.4] 23.6 [22.2-26.0] Leg dominance (Right/Left/Both/unknown) 442/46/10/2 234/30/8/2 198/18/2/0 General health and comorbidities Sports participation (yes/no) 439/61 234/40 197/21 Physical Activity Level (PAL; 1-6) 5 [4-6] 5 [4-5] 5 [4-6] Medication use (yes/no; n) 128/372 86/188 41/177 Smoking (never/current/stopped) 439/28/33 245/13/16 187/15/16 Alcohol consumption (units/week) 4 [1-8] 3 [1-6] 5 [2-10] Comorbidities* (yes/no; n) 52/448 37/237 15/203 Abbreviations; BMI: Body Mass Index (kg/m2), PAL: Physical Activity Likert Scale; 1-6, 1 = Hardly any physical activity, 2 = Mostly sitting, sometimes walk, easy tasks/play, 3 = Light physical activity for about 2-4 times a week (e.g., fishing, talking, dancing), 4 = Moderate exercise 1-2 hours a week (jogging, swimming, gymnastics), 5 = Moderate exercise at least 3 hours a week (jogging, swimming, gymnastics), 6 = Hard or very hard exercise regularly and several times a week during which the physical exercise is great (jogging, rugby, football). *Comorbidities included: diabetes, hypercholesterolemia, hypertension, heart/vessel diseases and thyroid disease. Normative values for HRET metrics The median (95% RI) number of repetitions completed was 25 (13-50) for the dominant leg and 24 (12-51) for the non-dominant leg. The normative values (median, 95% RI) for the number of repetitions, total work, total displacement, and peak height are presented in Table 2. The normative values for the secondary outcome measures are presented in online supplementary file 1 (supplementary Table 1) as well as the normative data for the right and the left leg (Supplementary Table 2).
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