Table 2.
Physical characteristics and physical training for men in the infantry battalion.
Variable | Level of variable | Men |
Mean ± SD | Range (min–max) |
---|---|---|---|---|
n (%) | ||||
Height | < 173 cm | 28 (26%) | 177.5 ± 6.9 | 160–201 |
173–177 cm | 28 (26%) | |||
178–181 cm | 26 (24%) | |||
> 181 cm | 28 (26%) | |||
Weight | < 71 kg | 27 (25%) | 83.3 ± 14.7 | 56–130 |
71–82 kg | 31 (28%) | |||
83–91 kg | 25 (23%) | |||
> 91 kg | 27 (25%) | |||
BMI | < 25 | 49 (45%) | 26.4 ± 3.9 | 20.5–32.0 |
25–29.9 | 38 (35%) | |||
≥ 30 | 23 (21%) | |||
% body fat | < 13% | 29 (26%) | 17.5 ± 6.3 | 5.6–29.1 |
13–16% | 23 (21%) | |||
17–21% | 27 (25%) | |||
22%+ | 31 (28%) | |||
Lean body mass | 40–57 kg | 28 (26%) | 62.8 ± 7.3 | 40.7–78.8 |
58–62 kg | 24 (22%) | |||
63–68 kg | 33 (30%) | |||
69–79 kg | 25 (23%) |