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Table 1 Descriptive statistics of KsA values for pairs of neighboring distances, derived from annual best times of German female runners between 1980 and 2022

From: Sex-specific characteristics of special endurance and performance potential in female runners

distance (m) pair

n

100/200

200/400

400/800

800/1500

1500/3000

3000/5000

5000/10,000

728

338

142

505

529

562

456

KsA

mean

0.981053

0.897858

0.877443

0.914277

0.924515

0.963167

0.953554

SD

0.014541

0.018650

0.021839

0.020485

0.021362

0.021303

0.021902

CV (%)

1.48

2.08

2.49

2.24

2.31

2.21

2.30

95% LCL

0.979995

0.895863

0.873820

0.912486

0.922691

0.961402

0.951539

95% UCI

0.982111

0.899854

0.881066

0.916068

0.926340

0.964932

0.955570

Minimum

0.933113

0.844453

0.822814

0.856831

0.845397

0.883901

0.853355

P25

0.971858

0.884594

0.866751

0.900345

0.909699

0.950438

0.940501

median

0.981388

0.898351

0.880397

0.914834

0.925713

0.963336

0.955544

P75

0.989856

0.912507

0.893546

0.927727

0.939135

0.976573

0.967462

P90

0.999748

0.920730

0.903088

0.939663

0.950777

0.988415

0.979652

Maximum

1.024741

0.942662

0.919583

0.974134

0.990270

1.035461

1.021598

1males

0.992446

0.912000

0.887940

0.921097

0.923294

0.967013

0.953731

  1. SD, standard deviation; CV, Coefficient of variation; LCL, lower confidence limit; UCL, upper confidence limit; P25/75/90, 25th /75th /90th percentile; [1]For comparison, the respective median KsA values for males are shown; [5] underlying datasets: Table S01-S07. The sources of the datasets are provided in the Materials and Methods section