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Table 1 Clinical Characteristics in Control and Wrestling Athlete Participants

From: Association between skeletal muscle mass and serum concentrations of lipoprotein lipase, GPIHBP1, and hepatic triglyceride lipase in young Japanese men

 

All Participants

Control Participants

Athletes

p

(n = 111)

(n = 41)

(n = 70)

Age (years)

20 (19.0–21.0)

19 (18.0–20.0)

20 (19.0–21.0)

0.001

Weight (kg)

66.6 (62.3–74.2)

64.2 (58.1–68.4)

68.4 (63.6–75.9)

0.012

BMI (kg/m2)

23.7 (22.2–25.6)

21.7 (20.1–24.0)

24.2 (23.2–26.0)

< 0.001

FMI (kg/m2)

2.7 (2.3–3.7)

3.2 (2.3–4.9)

2.6 (2.2–3.5)

0.024

SMI (kg/m2)

11.9 (11.0–12.5)

10.5 (9.9–11.5)

12.4 (11.9–13.0)

< 0.001

TC (mg/dL)

168 (150–186)

171 (156–186)

167 (145–186)

0.452

LDL-C (mg/dL)

94 (83–110)

100 (85–115)

93 (82–105)

0.282

HDL-C (mg/dL)

56 (51–66)

53 (48–63)

59 (53–67)

0.016

TG (mg/dL)

64 (49–81)

66 (49–101)

64 (49–76)

0.288

LPL (ng/mL)

62.5 (52.5–72.6)

52.3 (47.6–59.0)

67.3 (60.2–76.0)

< 0.001

GPIHBP1 (pg/mL)

986 (853–1150)

934 (742–1039)

1038 (890–1283)

< 0.001

HTGL (ng/mL)

44.1 (33.1–61.1)

43.9 (34.6–61.3)

45.5 (30.0–61.0)

0.525

FT3 (pg/mL)

3.22 (3.09–3.39)

3.18 (3.04–3.34)

3.23 (3.10–3.41)

0.115

FT4 (ng/dL)

1.04 (0.98–1.10)

1.02 (0.98–1.10)

1.05 (0.97–1.11)

0.318

TSH (μIU/mL)

1.78 (1.24–2.25)

1.84 (1.19–2.12)

1.67 (1.36–2.30)

0.647

  1. Data are expressed as median (25th–75th percentile)
  2. Wrestling athletes were compared with control participants using the unpaired Student’s t test or Mann-Whitney U test as appropriate
  3. BMI body mass index, FMI fat mass index, SMI skeletal muscle index, TC total cholesterol, LDL-C low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, HDL-C high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, TG triglyceride, LPL lipoprotein lipase, GPIHBP1 glycosylphosphatidylinositol anchored high-density lipoprotein binding protein 1, HTGL hepatic triglyceride lipase, FT3 free 3,5,3′-triiodothyronine, FT4 free thyroxine, TSH thyrotropin