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Table 1 Group Descriptive Measures

From: The effects of antioxidant vitamin supplementation on resistance exercise induced lipid peroxidation in trained and untrained participants

PARAMETER

UNTRAINED (Means ± SD) n = 14

TRAINED n = 13

T-TEST

Age (yrs)

23.3 ± 3.8

24.2 ± 3.7

t25 = - .60, p = .55

Gender

M = 7, F = 7

M = 8, F = 5

t-test = n/a

Height (cm)

170.2 ± 8.5

173.4 ± 9.9

t25 = - .90, p = .36

Weight (kg)

72.5 ± 15.3

73.5 ± 15.1

t25 = - .17, p = .87

Body Fat % *

22.1 ± 5.9

16.2 ± 4.9

t25 = 2.82, p = .01

Vitamin E Baseline (umol/L)

19.6 ± 4.1

19.2 ± 5.5

t25 = .22, p = .82

Weight Training Experience (yrs)

0.1 ± 0.1

5.2 ± 2.6

t25 = - 7.55, p < .01

  1. * Body fat predicted from skinfolds using the Durnin and Womersley formula [7].