Summary effect estimates from meta-analyses of the gender differences in physical capability across the HALCyon cohorts.

†p-values from Cochran's Q statistic.‡Regression coefficients are the difference in means comparing women with men for grip strength, chair rise time, walking speed and TUG speed and odds ratio of inability to balance for 5 s with eyes open comparing women with men.*adjusted for current height and weight, except for Boyd Orr where adjustment was made for body mass index and height.Exclusion of LBC1921 from walking speed analyses (4 studies, 7705 participants): age-adjusted: -0.06 (-0.08, -0.03), I2 = 77.6%, p = 0.004; age and body size adjusted: -0.01 (-0.03, 0.02), I2 = 62.1%, p = 0.05.