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Table 1 Descriptive characteristics of 20 healthy adults

From: Effect of oral intake of capsaicinoid beadlets on catecholamine secretion and blood markers of lipolysis in healthy adults: a randomized, placebo controlled, double-blind, cross-over study

Variable

Men

(n = 10)

Women

(n = 10)

P value

Age (yrs)

25.5 ± 1.2

23.9 ± 1.3

0.375

Height (cm)

175.2 ± 2.0

165.9 ± 1.4

0.002

Weight (kg)

77.4 ± 2.5

60.2 ± 3.9

0.002

BMI (kg·m-2)

25.2 ± 0.6

21.7 ± 1.1

0.01

Body fat (%)*

10.2 ± 1.1

21.1 ± 1.6

< 0.0001

Waist (cm)

82.9 ± 1.7

67.5 ± 1.9

< 0.0001

Hip (cm)

99.0 ± 1.4

96.4 ± 2.8

0.428

Waist:Hip

0.84 ± 0.01

0.70 ± 0.01

< 0.0001

Anaerobic Exercise (years)

8.3 ± 1.5

4.2 ± 1.0

0.035

Anaerobic Exercise (hours per week)

3.6 ± 0.5

1.4 ± 0.4

0.002

Aerobic Exercise (years)

5.1 ± 1.4

7.9 ± 2.2

0.282

Aerobic Exercise (hours per week)

3.8 ± 1.2

5.0 ± 1.1

0.484

  1. Data are Mean ± SEM
  2. * Determined from 7-site skinfold analysis use Lange calipers and Siri equation