Table 2 Anthropometric and body composition (mean (SD)) comparison between men with and without tendon pathology.
Normal Achilles n = 110 | Abnormal Achilles n = 17 | p value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Age (years) | 36.3 (11.3) | 50.9 (10.4) | <0.001 | |
Anthropometry | ||||
Height (cm) | 179.7 (6.9) | 177.8 (6.3) | 0.282 | |
Weight (kg) | 82.2 (10.9) | 83.5 (11.8) | 0.657 | |
BMI (kg/m2) | 25.5 (3.5) | 26.4 (3.2) | 0.334 | |
Waist (cm) | 88.4 (9.8) | 92.5 (11.6) | 0.116 | |
Hip (cm) | 100.9 (6.1) | 99.7 (4.5) | 0.460 | |
WHR‡ | 0.875 (0.065) | 0.926 (0.091) | 0.039 | |
Fat | ||||
Total (g) | 18513 (8317) | 20104 (7669) | 0.460 | |
Arms (g) | 1543 (854) | 1833 (856) | 0.195 | |
Leg (g) | 5862 (2487) | 5724 (1764) | 0.826 | |
Trunk (g) | 10459 (5068) | 11729 (5143) | 0.339 | |
Android (g) | 1838 (987) | 2084 (976) | 0.341 | |
Gynoid (g) | 3385 (1340) | 3303 (988) | 0.808 | |
Fat Mass Ratio | ||||
Android/Gynoid | 0.519 (0.142) | 0.616 (0.186) | 0.014 | |
Upper-body/Lower-body | 2.022 (0.467) | 2.346 (0.630) | 0.013 | |
Central/Peripheral‡ | 1.393 (0.270) | 1.533 (0.396) | 0.176 | |
Changes in other tendons (y:n)§ | 11:76 | 2:8 | 0.619 |