Table 1. Subject characteristics. Values are means (±SE).
UNMATCHED MATCHED
Variable Women (n=11) Men (n=11) Women (n=5) Men (n=5)
Age (yrs) 23.1 (2.0) 24.0 (2.0) 22.4 (2.0) 24.6 (1.0)
Height (m) 1.69 (.02) * 1.76 (.02) 1.71 (.03) 173.7 (2.4)
Weight (kg) 65.8 (3.6) * 78.1 (4.4) 74.0 (6.3) 71.2 (4.6)
Body surface area (m2) 1.7 (.1) * 1.9 (.1) 1.9 (.1) 1.8 (.1)
Vo2,peak (ml∙kg∙min-1) 34.8 (1.6) * 41.2 (2.5) 34.6 (3.4) 39.8 (1.3)
Resting MVC force (N) 341.5 (11.9) * 488.5 (31.3) 376.6 (10.6) 407.8 (27.3)
MVC force (N) at task failure 179.7 (7.6) *# 242.7 (12.8) # 199.0 (8.1) # 208.7 (16.0) #
Time to task failure (s) 793.3 ± 92.5 684.8 (76.2) 706.6 (117.0) 831.8 (118.7)
* significant gender difference within each respective group (p < 0.05).# significant difference between resting MVC force and respective value at task failure (p < 0.05).