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Table 1 Summary of participant’s characteristics and muscle properties measured using magnetic resonance imaging

From: Sitting vs. supine ultrasound measurements of the vastus medialis: correlations with MRI measurements and age considerations

 

Pooled

Older

Young

Total

Men

Women

Total

Men

Women

n = 134

n = 91

n =40

n = 51

n = 43

n = 22

n = 21

Age, years

59.8 ± 23.8

75.4 ± 6.7

76.7 ± 6.2

74.4 ± 7.0

26.1 ± 4.7

27.3 ± 4.4

24.9 ± 4.7

Height, cm

160.7 ± 8.9

158.5 ± 9.0

166.1 ± 6.0

152.1 ± 5.6

165.5 ± 6.6

170.4 ± 4.3

160.4 ± 4.3

Weight, kg

55.3 ± 8.7

54.2 ± 9.0

60.8 ± 7.9

48.8 ± 5.7

57.8 ± 7.7

63.0 ± 5.5

52.5 ± 5.6

Body mass index, kg/m2

21.4 ± 2.4

22.0 ± 2.6

21.1 ± 2.6

21.5 ± 2.6

21.0 ± 1.9

21.7 ± 1.5

20.4 ± 2.2

MV, cm3

301.2 ± 98.5

267.9 ± 80.5

325.0 ± 60.7

220.9 ± 62.5

373.2 ± 97.4

451.4 ± 63.7

291.3 ± 43.6

CSA, cm2

15.1 ± 4.5

13.8 ± 3.9

16.2 ± 3.5

11.8 ± 3.1

17.9 ± 4.4

21.1 ± 2.9

14.5 ± 2.9

IntraMAT, %

6.5 ± 2.1

7.0 ± 2.2

6.5 ± 1.5

7.5 ± 2.7

5.4 ± 1.1

5.1 ± 0.8

5.7 ± 1.4