A proper table is a bit to wide for the standard text block.
If there really is no need to transform the tabular material, you can output it verbatim.
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{blindtext}%optional
\usepackage{caption}%optional
\usepackage{booktabs}%optional
\captionsetup[table]{position=above}
\usepackage{siunitx}%optional
\usepackage{hyperref}%optional
\begin{document}
As can be seen in table~\ref{tab:statistics}, \blindtext
\begin{table}
\caption{Descriptive statistics}
\label{tab:statistics}
\begin{tabular}{lcS[table-format=1.1]
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}
\toprule
{Statistic} & {N} & {Mean} & {St. Dev.} & {Min} & {Pctl(25)} & {Median} & {Pctl(75)} & {Max}\\
\midrule
MAE & 540 & 2.1 & 1.2 & 0.5 & 1.0 & 1.8 & 2.9 & 4.4\\
RMSE & 540 & 2.3 & 1.1 & 0.6 & 1.3 & 2.2 & 3.3 & 4.4\\
MAE (Top-5) & 540 & 0.4 & 0.9 & 0.000 & 0.004 & 0.01 & 0.1 & 4.0\\
RMSE (Top-5) & 540 & 0.4 & 0.9 & 0.001 & 0.004 & 0.01 & 0.2 & 4.0\\
\bottomrule
\end{tabular}
\end{table}
As can be seen in \autoref{tab:statisticsVerbatim}, \blindtext
\begin{table}[btp]
\caption{Descriptive statistics}
\label{tab:statisticsVerbatim}
\begin{verbatim}
=================================================================
Statistic N Mean St. Dev. Min Pctl(25) Median Pctl(75) Max
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MAE 540 2.1 1.2 0.5 1.0 1.8 2.9 4.4
RMSE 540 2.3 1.1 0.6 1.3 2.2 3.3 4.4
MAE (Top-5) 540 0.4 0.9 0.000 0.004 0.01 0.1 4.0
RMSE (Top-5) 540 0.4 0.9 0.001 0.004 0.01 0.2 4.0
-----------------------------------------------------------------
\end{verbatim}
\end{table}
\end{document}