Table 1.  Subject characteristics. Values are means (±SE).
 

UNMATCHED

MATCHED

Variable

Women (n=11)

Men (n=11)

Women (n=5)

Men (n=5)

Age (yrs)

23.1 (2.0)

24.0 (2.0)

22.4 (2.0)

24.6 (1.0)

Height (m)

1.69 (.02) *

1.76 (.02)

1.71 (.03)

173.7 (2.4)

Weight (kg)

65.8 (3.6) *

78.1 (4.4)

74.0 (6.3)

71.2 (4.6)

Body surface area (m2)

1.7 (.1) *

1.9 (.1)

1.9 (.1)

1.8 (.1)

Vo2,peak (ml∙kg∙min-1)

34.8 (1.6) *

41.2 (2.5)

34.6 (3.4)

39.8 (1.3)

Resting MVC force (N)

341.5 (11.9) *

488.5 (31.3)

376.6 (10.6)

407.8 (27.3)

MVC force (N) at task failure

179.7 (7.6) *#

242.7 (12.8) #

199.0 (8.1) #

208.7 (16.0) #

Time to task failure (s)

793.3 ± 92.5

684.8 (76.2)

706.6 (117.0)

831.8 (118.7)

  * significant gender difference within each respective group (p < 0.05).
# significant difference between resting MVC force and respective value at task failure (p < 0.05).