Half-marathoners are younger and slower than marathoners

Knechtle, Beat; Nikolaidis, Pantelis T.; Zingg, Matthias A.; Rosemann, Thomas; Rüst, Christoph A.

doi:10.1186/s40064-016-1704-9

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Table 6 Results of the mixed-effects regression analyses for running speed in half-marathon

From: Half-marathoners are younger and slower than marathoners

Parameter	Estimate	SE	df	t	p
18–24 years
Constant term	6.296428	9.049231	16,363.659	0.696	0.487
[Sex = female]	0.049958	0.052227	16,454.169	0.957	0.339
Calendar year	−0.001075	0.004398	16,470.927	−0.244	0.807
Cage	−0.672955	0.196899	12,995.658	−3.418	0.001
Cage²	−0.016791	0.004985	13,014.387	−3.369	0.001
25–29 years
Constant term	26.794555	6.117458	28,544.800	4.380	<0.0001
[Sex = female]	0.122531	0.039147	29,404.862	3.130	0.002
Calendar year	−0.007846	0.002974	28,838.319	−2.638	0.008
Cage	0.092807	0.187007	22,771.577	0.496	0.620
Cage²	0.004071	0.006706	22,735.366	0.607	0.544
30–34 years
Constant term	12.205098	4.717605	40,495.293	2.587	0.010
[Sex = female]	0.130067	0.033106	41,901.765	3.929	<0.0001
Calendar year	−0.001042	0.002342	40,566.839	−0.445	0.656
Cage	−0.081075	0.092362	32,386.180	−0.878	0.380
Cage²	−0.005457	0.005138	32,359.413	−1.062	0.288
35–39 years
Constant term	10.270803	.028546	65,078.789	359.801	<0.0001
[Sex = female]	.243288	.057024	66,997.713	4.266	<0.0001
Calendar year	−.015718	.006081	41,539.469	−2.585	0.010
Cage	.038838	.012498	48,772.947	3.108	0.002
Cage²	−.015916	.004749	58,942.732	−3.351	0.001
40–44 years
Constant term	9.125955	3.973687	52,292.011	2.297	0.022
[Sex = female]	1.718455	8.450069	63,836.054	0.203	0.839
Calendar year	0.000530	0.001978	52,290.339	0.268	0.789
Cage	−0.011926	0.005323	45,919.163	−2.240	0.025
Cage²	−0.000813	0.004207	63,833.556	−0.193	0.847
45–49 years
Constant term	14.392008	3.666324	45,133.538	3.925	<0.0001
[Sex = female]	0.111541	0.028930	50,970.153	3.856	<0.0001
Calendar year	−0.002073	0.001825	45,147.299	−1.136	0.256
Cage	−0.011505	0.047202	36,973.118	−0.244	0.807
Cage²	−0.000515	0.003940	36,937.873	−0.131	0.896
50–54 years
Constant term	21.134855	4.648196	28,090.963	4.547	<0.0001
[Sex = female]	0.081346	0.034127	35,679.933	2.384	0.017
Calendar year	−0.005912	0.002295	28,200.348	−2.576	0.010
Cage	0.142107	0.110024	22,499.549	1.292	0.197
Cage²	−0.006415	0.005025	22,452.308	−1.277	0.202
55–59 years
Constant term	14.483520	6.509904	14,441.900	2.225	0.026
[Sex = female]	0.064112	0.042767	21,011.361	1.499	0.134
Calendar year	−0.003629	0.003124	14,741.530	−1.162	0.245
Cage	.381976	0.217497	10,973.387	1.756	0.079
Cage²	−0.013001	0.006831	10,958.017	−1.903	0.057
60–64 years
Constant term	10.330497	10.184571	7038.354	1.014	0.310
[Sex = female]	0.066517	0.059201	10,801.639	1.124	0.261
Calendar year	−0.001449	0.004592	7487.328	−0.315	0.752
Cage	0.240891	0.427255	5330.091	0.564	0.573
Cage²	−0.006042	0.010224	5320.416	−0.591	0.555
65–69 years
Constant term	−21.260625	17.377053	2734.553	−1.223	0.221
[Sex = female]	0.171801	0.083333	4650.236	2.062	0.390
Calendar year	0.010878	0.006919	3161.386	1.572	0.116
Cage	0.762101	0.807912	1984.811	0.943	0.346
Cage²	−0.015896	0.015617	1983.452	−1.018	0.309
70–74 years
Constant term	−0.151714	38.355675	930.311	−0.004	0.997
[Sex = female]	0.132883	0.133375	1535.284	0.996	0.319
Calendar year	0.004731	0.012500	1203.265	0.379	0.705
Cage	0.066684	1.787135	737.826	0.037	0.970
Cage²	−0.002226	0.029030	738.639	−0.077	0.939
75–79 years
Constant term	−88.263384	87.934236	243.989	−1.004	0.316
[Sex = female]	−0.080334	0.240411	417.653	−0.334	0.738
Calendar year	−0.000163	0.024665	404.215	−0.007	0.995
Cage	5.573218	4.115196	164.098	1.354	0.178
Cage²	−0.079425	0.057402	161.312	−1.384	0.168
80–94 years
Constant term	269.841277	253.884634	29.281	1.063	0.297
[Sex = female]	−0.116419	0.532094	69.045	−0.219	0.827
Calendar year	−0.117305	0.057611	70.281	−2.036	0.046
Cage	−1.608711	10.503836	28.890	−0.153	0.879
Cage²	0.024360	0.128926	29.518	0.189	0.851
85–89 years
Constant term	249.257018	1030.257290	15.000	0.242	0.812
[Sex = female]	−1.029095	0.987104	15.000	−1.043	0.314
Calendar year	0.103347	0.108753	15.000	0.950	0.357
Cage	−18.560493	42.777174	15.000	−0.434	0.671
Cage²	0.192158	0.470681	15.000	0.408	0.689

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