Table 1 Demographic and anthropometric variables of participants and matching procedures

Age (y)

55.6 ± 7.4

52.9 ± 5.4

0.083

Body Height (cm)

167.9 ± 4.4

164.4 ± 6.4

0.750

Body weight (kg)

70.9 ± 14.9

70.4 ± 13.8

0.889

Body composition

 FM (kg)

26.4 ± 10.7

26.0 ± 13.7

0.879

 FM (%)

35.3 ± 8.5

33.3 ± 8.5

0.344

 FMi (FM/m²)

15.7 ± 6.3

15.4 ± 7.9

0.885

 FFM (kg)

44.7 ± 6.0

46.1 ± 5.4

0.164

 FFM (%)

63.1 ± 10.5

65.1 ± 11.8

0.471

 FFMi (FFM/m²)

15.8 ± 1.7

16.4 ± 1.5

0.140

BMI

25.1 ± 4.9

25.1 ± 4.3

0.975

 < 18.5: under – n (%)

1 (3.1%)

0 (0%)

 18.5–24.9: normal – n (%)

15 (46.9%)

19 (52.8%)

 25.0–29.9: over – n (%)

12 (37.5%)

12 (38.9%)

 > 30.0: obese – n (%)

4 (12.5%)

3 (8.3%)

Therapy n (%)

N/A

 No therapy

7 (21.9%)

36 (100%)

 Hormone therapy

25 (78.1%)

N/A

pREE

1379 ± 158

1385 ± 134

0.865

mREE

1452 ± 171

1422 ± 153

0.452

mREE/FFM

33 ± 3

31 ± 3

0.031*

mREE/FFMi

92 ± 8

87 ± 10

0.028*

Metabolism (%)

N/A

 Hyper

13 (40.6%)

6 (16.7%)

 Hypo

2 (6.3%)

2 (5.6%)

 Normo

17 (53.1%)

28 (77.8%)

Metabolically

N/A

(dys)functional n (%)

 Metabolically functional

13 (40.6%)

36 (100%)

 Metabolically dysfunctional

19 (59.4%)

N/A