Sex-specific effects of calving season on joint health and biomarkers in Montana ranchers

Table 3 Demographic profiles of identified clusters of ranchers

Clustered rancher subject IDs	Biomarker trend vs. predictor	Number of subjects	Sex of subjects	Mean change work capacity (in – pre, % of max capacity)	Other demographic factor	Other biomarker interaction
13,34,36	High inLeptin vs total inWOMAC	3	0 M, 3F	-50	Highly involved in calving	3 of 3 low in preMMP-3
9,14,40,25, 30,4,38	Low inLeptin vs total inWOMAC	7	6 M, 1F	-6	Low calving activity (F), variable (M)^a
37,41,39,19,18, 15,4,38	High preMMP-3 vs BMI	8	8 M, 0F	-2	Variable^a	8 of 8 low in preLeptin
34,11,29,12,13, 30,36,26	Low preMMP-3 vs BMI	8	3 M, 5F	-11	Variable^a	5 of 8 high in at least one leptin comparison
13, 6	High preC2C vs total preWOMAC	2	0 M, 2F	-20	Arthritis diagnosis, recurring joint pain

^aInvolvement in calving activity ranged from none or light (0–20 calvings performed by mid-season) to heavy (350 to 600 performed)

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