Table 5.
Relationships between body composition and energy variables in army ROTC cadets.
| Mean EA (kcal/kg FFM) |
p-Value | Mean EI (kcal/d) |
p-Value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BM (kg) | −0.333 | 0.267 | −0.307 | 0.307 |
| %BF | −0.578 * | 0.039 | −0.610 * | 0.029 |
| FFM (kg) | −0.031 | 0.919 | 0.0399 | 0.897 |
| FM (kg) | −0.554 * | 0.049 | −0.602 * | 0.030 |
| SMM (kg) | −0.020 | 0.949 | 0.0396 | 0.897 |
%BF = percent body fat; BM = body mass; EA = energy availability; EI = energy intake; FFM = fat-free mass; FM = fat mass; SMM = skeletal muscle mass; n = 13; * p < 0.05 based on Pearson correlational analysis.