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Table 11 Results of the mixed-effects regression analyses for change in age across years in marathoners

From: Male and female Ethiopian and Kenyan runners are the fastest and the youngest in both half and full marathon

Parameter

Estimate

SE

DF

T

p value

Ethiopia

     

 Constant term

129.282320

508.886678

16.700

0.254

0.803

 Female sex

−0.243651

3.310608

12.319

−0.074

0.943

 Calendar year

−0.050632

0.253416

16.702

−0.200

0.844

Kenya

     

 Constant term

−112.654090

528.060345

30.357

−0.213

0.832

 Female sex

3.707084

4.569460

13.457

0.811

0.431

 Calendar year

0.070957

0.263161

30.291

0.270

0.789

Austria

     

 Constant term

203.368427

202.655612

491.365

1.004

0.316

 Female sex

−2.565643

1.122330

309.176

−2.286

0.023

 Calendar year

−0.079728

0.100942

491.362

−0.790

0.430

France

     

 Constant term

118.121641

83.994410

2805.626

1.406

0.160

 Female sex

0.044112

0.552283

1850.356

0.080

0.936

 Calendar year

−0.037087

0.041835

2805.619

−0.887

0.375

Great Britain

 Constant term

389.692562

249.759353

477.933

1.560

0.119

 Female sex

−1.714608

1.280914

348.174

−1.339

0.182

 Calendar year

−0.173769

0.124396

477.931

−1.397

0.163

Germany

     

 Constant term

107.789331

82.298718

3899.573

1.310

0.190

 Female sex

0.535367

0.472119

2458.948

1.134

0.257

 Calendar year

−0.032069

0.040991

3899.516

−0.782

0.434

Italy

     

 Constant term

556.010922

261.000704

423.965

2.130

0.034

 Female sex

1.394311

1.647994

289.562

0.846

0.398

 Calendar year

−0.255065

0.129966

423.965

−1.963

0.050

Japan

     

 Constant term

−933.316248

562.194049

154.231

−1.660

0.099

 Female sex

1.996612

3.315609

104.626

0.602

0.548

 Calendar year

0.488912

0.279931

154.230

1.747

0.083

Switzerland

     

 Constant term

37.165305

28.161538

39,125.737

1.320

0.187

 Female sex

0.130342

0.144640

24,925.454

0.901

0.368

 Calendar year

0.002333

0.014026

39,122.296

0.166

0.868

Canada

     

 Constant term

−113.393911

476.054030

132.791

−0.238

0.812

 Female sex

−2.046769

3.297757

73.295

−0.621

0.537

 Calendar year

0.077849

0.237227

132.790

0.328

0.743

Liechtenstein

 Constant term

1182.645518

516.645857

102.882

2.289

0.024

 Female sex

2.754826

2.269941

72.517

1.214

0.229

 Calendar year

−0.569271

0.257412

102.881

−2.212

0.029

United States of America

 Constant term

237.925017

383.185261

297.972

0.621

0.535

 Female sex

−1.592948

2.308567

180.960

−0.690

0.491

 Calendar year

−0.098054

0.190859

297.985

−0.514

0.608

Belgium

 Constant term

−304.145888

500.299320

132.133

−0.608

0.544

 Female sex

1.923155

3.303639

100.875

0.582

0.562

 Calendar year

0.172307

0.248996

132.127

0.692

0.490

Spain

     

 Constant term

519.395530

568.357363

74.188

0.914

0.364

 Female sex

−0.202724

2.587542

60.661

−0.078

0.938

 Calendar year

−0.237530

0.282985

74.188

−0.839

0.404

Poland

 Constant term

−2195.393095

875.131990

54.937

−2.509

0.015

 Female sex

−3.631775

3.857273

56.539

−0.942

0.350

 Calendar year

1.113417

0.435743

54.943

2.555

0.013

  1. Data for Non-African runners are sorted in order of the number of finishers of each country