Table 1 Selected characteristics of the study groups. Data are averages (± SD).
| Characteristics |
SF
(N=182) |
Controls
(N=203) |
| Anthropometrics |
| Age (years) |
20.1 (1.7) |
20.2 (1.3) |
| BMI (kg·m-2) |
23.0 (.3) |
23.2 (.2) |
| Height (m) |
1.77 (.07) |
1.77 (.07) |
| Weight (kg) |
71.5 (9.5) |
73.1 (11.1) |
| Ethnicity |
| Ashkenazi |
52.4% |
46.3% |
| Non-Ashkenazi |
41.6% |
35.9% |
| Unknown |
3.9% |
17.8% |
| Lifestyle |
| Physically active 6 months before recruitment |
81.2% |
78.9% |
| †‡†‡†‡Running (km/wk) |
8.0 (4.7) |
7.6 (3.8) |
| †‡†‡†‡Practice (h/wk) |
5.2 (2.5) |
5.1 (2.1) |
| Smoking habits |
| †‡†‡†‡Never (%) |
63.6% |
64.5% |
| †‡†‡†‡Ever (%) |
31.8% |
33.1% |
| †‡†‡†‡†‡†‡Current (%) |
22.7% |
27.7% |
| †‡†‡†‡†‡†‡Past (%) |
9.1% |
5.4% |
| †‡†‡†‡Didn't answer (%) |
4.5% |
2.5% |
| Alcohol consumption |
| †‡†‡†‡Yes (%) |
72.1% |
67.8% |
| †‡†‡†‡No (%) |
24.0% |
29.7% |
| †‡†‡†‡Didn't answer (%) |
3.9% |
2.5% |
