Table 3.

Body composition profiles and differences in elite female athletes from different team sports

Variables		Volleyball	Softball	Basketball	Soccer	Handball	Univariate ANOVA		Bonferroni’s post–hoc test
		n = 18	n = 14	n = 14	n = 18	n = 16	F	η2
TBW (l)	a	39.89 ± 2.96	39.11 ± 4.20	41.20 ± 3.03	35.47 ± 2.51	39.88 ± 3.44	7.64**	0.29	SC vs. V, B, H**
	b	34.70 – 46.20	33.20 – 45.20	35.00 – 46.30	30.20 – 40.20	34.00 – 45.30			SC vs. S*
ICW (l)	a	23.44 ± 0.92	22.99 ± 1.31	23.66 ± 0.97	21.93 ± 0.86	23.01 ± 1.00	7.15**	0.28	SC vs. V, B**
	b	21.50 – 24.40	21.00 – 24.70	21.50 – 25.50	20.10 – 23.30	21.20 – 24.70			SC vs. S, H*
ECW (l)	a	16.54 ± 2.07	16.10 ± 2.93	17.59 ± 2.25	13.52 ± 1.69	16.79 ± 2.49	7.7**	0.29	SC vs. V B, H**
	b	13.20 – 20.80	12.10 – 20.50	13.50 – 21.80	10.10 – 16.90	12.80 – 20.60			SC vs. S*
FFM (kg)	a	57.81 ± 4.53	53.35 ± 5.74	60.30 ± 5.42	49.40 ± 4.31	56.95 ± 5.34	11.91**	0.39	SC vs. V, B, H**
	b	48.57 – 65.97	45.24 – 62.33	50.12 – 69.50	41.99 – 55.92	46.84 – 64.95			S vs. B**
ECM (kg)	a	23.96 ± 1.87	22.47 ± 2.41	24.54 ± 2.03	21.07 ± 1.68	23.89 ± 2.52	7.44**	0.28	SC vs. V, B, H**
	b	21.30 – 27.00	19.60 – 26.80	21.80 – 27.20	18.10 – 24.60	20.00 – 27.70
BCM (kg)	a	30.53 ± 2.77	30.94 ± 3.69	30.61 ± 2.71	27.39 ± 2.16	30.59 ± 3.33	4.36**	0.19	SC vs. V, S, B, H*
	b	25.00 – 36.90	25.40 – 37.00	25.20 – 34.90	23.20 – 30.90	24.30 – 35.40
ECM/BCM	a	0.79 ± 0.07	0.73 ± 0.05	0.80 ± 0.06	0.77 ± 0.06	0.79 ± 0.10	7.44**	0.28	S vs. B*
	b	0.70 – 0.92	0.62 – 0.80	0.70 – 0.90	0.68 – 0.90	0.63 – 0.97
BCMP (%)	a	42.39 ± 2.19	45.82 ± 3.66	40.20 ± 4.09	44.82 ± 3.28	42.32 ± 3.22	6.79**	0.27	B vs. S, SC**
	b	38.35 – 46.14	38.37 – 51.90	28.33 – 45.22	40.03 – 53.26	37.41 – 47.21			S vs. V, H*
α (°)	a	6.91 ± 0.48	7.36 ± 0.46	6.81 ± 0,43	7.02 ± 0.45	6.96 ± 0.76	2.24	0.11	-
	b	6.00 – 7.60	6.80 – 8.40	6.10 – 7.60	6.10 – 7.80	5.80 – 8.30
FMP (%)	a	19.77 ± 1.77	21.35 ± 3.67	21.22 ± 1.66	19.53 ± 2.59	21.43 ± 2.48	2.27	0.11	-
	b	17.13 – 22.56	17.51 – 30.80	18.72 – 25.60	14.66 – 24.30	16.44 – 25.86
FMA (kg)	a	14.33 ± 2.32	14.76 ± 4.53	16.34 ± 2.72	12.01 ± 2.10	15.59 ± 3.27	4.89**	0.21	SC vs. B, H**
	b	10.43 – 18.28	9.98 – 26.50	12.36 – 22.52	7.65 – 16.21	9.88 – 22.65

TBW – total body water, ICW – intracellular water, ECW – extracellular water, FFM – fat free mass, ECM – extracellular mass, BCM – body cell mass, ECM/BCM – extracellular-intracellular mass ratio, BCM_P –percent BCM in FFM, α – phase angle, FM_P – percent fat mass, FM_A – absolute fat mass,

^a– mean ± standard deviation,

^b– range,

^*–p < 0.05,

^** – p < 0.01