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Table 1 Main characteristics of the experimental population

From: Grip strength measured by high precision dynamometry in healthy subjects from 5 to 80 years

Age range (years)

Gender

Number

Age (years)

Height (cm)

Weight (kg)

BMI (kg/m2)

% fat mass

Hand circumference (cm)

left

right

mean

SD

mean

SD

mean

SD

mean

SD

mean

SD

mean

SD

mean

SD

5–10

F

12

8.0

1.4

127.8

10.4

28.3

7.8

17.0

1.8

23.9

4.4

15.5

1.1

15.6

1.0

 

M

15

6.4

1.2

118.0

8.3

22.8

4.6

16.2

1.4

14.1

4.7

15.2

0.7

15.2

0.7

10–15

F

9

12.4

1.4

154.1

11.2

44.1

11.5

18.3

2.5

23.6

3.8

17.4

0.7

17.7

0.8

 

M

11

12.3

1.4

155.5

10.4

44.8

9.9

18.3

2.1

16.7

4.4

18.4

1.3

18.5

1.1

15–20

F

15

17.5

1.5

164.6

5.0

59.4

11.4

21.9

3.9

26.2

6.0

18.5

0.8

18.6

0.9

 

M

10

18.1

1.5

182.0

6.7

74.9

15.8

22.4

3.4

15.4

7.0

21.2

1.2

21.4

1.3

20–30

F

32

25.6

2.9

167.2

6.7

64.4

15.9

22.9

5.0

29.6

6.8

18.9

0.9

18.9

1.0

 

M

27

24.5

2.9

177.8

4.9

74.9

10.3

23.7

3.5

17.3

5.7

21.2

0.8

21.6

0.8

30–40

F

31

35.0

2.8

164.5

5.8

62.8

10.1

23.2

3.6

28.5

7.8

19.0

1.0

19.3

1.1

 

M

32

35.4

3.0

176.5

6.6

76.4

12.9

24.5

3.6

18.7

7.2

21.4

0.9

21.6

1.0

40–50

F

32

45.3

3.1

163.8

5.0

62.4

8.9

23.3

3.5

28.5

8.2

18.8

0.7

19.2

0.9

 

M

26

44.5

3.1

176.4

6.1

77.3

12.9

24.7

3.3

17.9

5.5

22.0

1.0

22.3

1.2

50–60

F

29

55.1

2.5

162.2

6.1

63.9

10.7

24.4

4.5

29.8

7.5

19.4

0.8

19.5

0.9

 

M

11

54.0

3.4

178.3

7.4

78.8

10.2

24.8

2.4

19.0

4.5

22.1

0.6

22.5

0.6

60–70

F

21

64.8

2.9

160.2

7.3

62.8

10.6

24.4

3.4

29.8

6.7

19.3

0.9

19.4

0.8

 

M

11

64.4

3.5

172.7

6.8

84.7

13.0

28.2

2.7

24.2

5.3

22.1

1.0

22.1

1.1

70–80

F

17

73.7

2.8

161.3

5.0

62.8

8.1

24.2

3.3

28.8

7.7

19.6

0.8

19.8

0.7

 

M

5

74.5

2.9

173.2

5.0

84.3

13.1

28.0

3.1

22.8

5.8

22.0

0.7

21.9

0.4