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Table 1 Results of the Mann-Whitney test on the anthropometric data of male and female participants with corresponding effect size r (Pearson’s correlation coefficient)

From: Sex differences in muscle activity and motor variability in response to a non-fatiguing repetitive screwing task

 

All (n = 57)

Men (n = 27)

Women (n = 30)

Mann-Whitney test

U value

p value

r

Age [years]

28.0 ± 24.5

27.0 ± 16.0

28.0 ± 29.3

436.0

0.620

0.07

Body height [cm]

175.0 ± 14.5

181.0 ± 10.0

167.0 ± 8.0

13.0

0.000*

− 0.83‡

Body weight [kg]

73.5 ± 19.0

79.5 ± 13.0

63.0 ± 16.4

131.0

0.000*

− 0.58‡

BMI [kg·m-2]

23.1 ± 4.5

24.1 ± 4.1

22.7 ± 5.2

341.0

0.306

− 0.14

Handedness

53 right; 4 left

23 right; 3 left

30 right; 1 left

–

–

–

Sport [hours/week]

4.0 ± 4.8

5.0 ± 8.3

4.0 ± 2.6

286.0

0.085

− 0.23

  1. *Significant p value, α = 0.05. ‡Large effect size, r ≥ 0.5. n number of subjects in statistical model