Table 2 Anthropometric characteristics of the study population
Firefighters | Office workers | Office worker vs. firefighter | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | Mean | SD | Median | n | Mean | SD | Median | Estimated differencea (95 % CI)/ p-value | |
Weight (kg) | 97 | 85.9 | 11.5 | 85.1 | 46 | 87.1 | 13.4 | 83.8 | 0.13 (−4.38 to 4.64) p = 0.955 |
Height (cm) | 97 | 182.2 | 6.3 | 182.0 | 46 | 181.5 | 5.4 | 182.0 | −0.10 (−2.12 to 1.93) p = 0.924 |
BMI (kg/m2) | 97 | 25.9 | 3.2 | 25.1 | 46 | 26.4 | 4.1 | 25.5 | 0.08 (−1.22 to 1.38) p = 0.904 |
Body surface area | 97 | 2.08 | 0.16 | 2.09 | 46 | 2.09 | 0.17 | 2.05 | 0.00 (−0.06 to 0.06) p = 0.999 |
Muscle mass (kg) | 97 | 67.1 | 6.9 | 67.2 | 46 | 65.3 | 6.4 | 65.7 | −1.72 (−4.15 to 0.70) p = 0.162 |
Body fat (%) | 97 | 17.7 | 6.2 | 17.5 | 46 | 20.8 | 6.5 | 20.3 | 2.05 (−0.23 to 4.33) p = 0.078 |