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.