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The inclusion criteria for both groups were to have cycled more than 7000\u2009km in the last year, have an absence of injuries and other health problems, have no contraindication to MRI, and be 30\u201365 years old. Our main outcome measures were fat fraction, as a measure of intramuscular fat (IMF) content, and volume of the gluteal muscles measured using Dixon MRI. The gluteal subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT) volume was evaluated as a secondary measure.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We found that there were no sex differences in the IMF content of gluteus maximus (GMAX, p=0.42), gluteus medius (GMED, p=0.69) and gluteus minimus (GMIN, p=0.06) muscles, despite females having more gluteal SAT (p&lt;0.01). Males had larger gluteal muscles than females (p&lt;0.01), but no differences were found when muscle volume was normalised by body weight (GMAX, p=0.54; GMED, p=0.14; GMIN, p=0.19).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Our study shows that despite the recognised hormonal differences between males and females, there is sex equivalence in the muscle mass and quality of the gluteal muscles when matched for exercise and body weight. 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