Table 1 Descriptive information [mean ± SD or frequency (%)] and comparisons, considering both sexes
Variables | Women (n = 440) | Men (n = 711) | Mann–Whitney U test p value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean | SD | Mean | SD | ||
Age (years) | 38.0 | 8.5 | 37.9 | 9.9 | 0.555 |
BMI (kg/m2) | 23.5 | 2.9 | 24.7 | 3.1 | < 0.001 |
Training variables | |||||
Training volume (km/week) | 26.9 | 16.3 | 40.7 | 34.2 | < 0.001 |
Running pace (s/km) | 358.0 | 49.7 | 303.1 | 52.1 | < 0.001 |
Frequency | % | Frequency | % | χ2 test p value | |
Training frequency | |||||
≤ 3 training/week | 302 | 68.6 | 376 | 52.9 | < 0.001 |
> 3 training/week | 138 | 31.4 | 335 | 47.1 | |
Training experience | |||||
Until 1 year | 81 | 18.4 | 92 | 12.9 | 0.011 |
Highest 1 year | 358 | 81.4 | 618 | 86.9 | |
Missing | 1 | 0.2 | 1 | 0.1 | |
Social variables | |||||
Running event | |||||
No | 31 | 7.0 | 49 | 6.9 | 0.921 |
Yes | 409 | 93.0 | 662 | 93.1 | |
Running group | |||||
No | 87 | 19.8 | 207 | 29.1 | < 0.001 |
Yes | 352 | 80.0 | 504 | 70.9 | |
Missing | 1 | 0.2 | |||
Runners’ family | |||||
No | 285 | 64.8 | 444 | 62.4 | 0.344 |
Yes | 152 | 34.3 | 267 | 37.6 | |
Missing | 3 | 0.7 | |||
Sports childhood | |||||
No | 141 | 32.0 | 90 | 12.7 | < 0.001 |
Yes | 299 | 68.0 | 619 | 87.1 | |
Missing | 2 | 0.3 | |||