. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 May 1.

Published in final edited form as: J Strength Cond Res. 2016 May;30(5):1231–1238. doi: 10.1519/JSC.0000000000001203

Table 3.

Relative body composition values (Mean ± SD) by event group

	Sprints	MidD	Multis	Jumps	PV/Javelin	Throws	Men	Women
FM (kg)	0.16 ± 0.04^*	0.15 ± 0.07^*	0.18 ± 0.05	0.16 ± 0.04^*	0.18 ± 0.04^*	0.23 ± 0.08	0.13 ± 0.02	0.22 ± 0.05^#
LM (kg)	0.80 ± 0.04^*	0.81 ± 0.06^*	0.77 ± 0.05^*	0.81 ± 0.05^*	0.78 ± 0.04^*	0.72 ± 0.08	0.83 ± 0.02	0.74 ± 0.05^#
ArmLM (kg)	0.10 ± 0.02	0.10 ± 0.02	0.09 ± 0.02	0.10 ± 0.02	0.10 ± .01	0.09 ± 0.02	0.11 ± 0.01	0.08 ± 0.01^#
LegLM (kg)	0.30 ± 0.02^*	0.30 ± 0.02^*	0.30 ± 0.02^*	0.3 ± 0.02^*	0.3 ± 0.02^*	0.25 ± 0.03	0.30 ± 0.02	0.28 ± 0.03^#
TF (kg)	0.06 ± 0.02^*	0.06 ± 0.03^*	0.07 ± 0.02^*	0.06 ± 0.01^*	0.07 ± 0.01^*	0.10 ± 0.04	0.06 ± 0.01	0.08 ± 0.03^#
BMC(kg)	0.040 ± 0.003^*^β	0.041 ± 0.004^*^β	0.042 ± 0.002^*^β	0.041 ± 0.004^*^β	0.036 ± 0.002	0.036 ± 0.005	0.040 ± 0.003	0.040 ± 0.004^#

Significantly different from throwers

^β

Significantly different from pole vault/javelin

Significantly different from men