Table 1. Effect of swimming on body composition variables among male adolescents (n=29).

^a)Model adjusted by chronological age (baseline), vitamin D score (baseline), peak height velocity (baseline and mean difference between baseline and follow-up), engagement in resistance training (baseline) and previous practice of the swimming in months (baseline). ^b)ANOVA with P<0.05.

ANOVA, analysis of variance; SEM, standard error mean; BMD, bone mineral density; FFM, fat free mass; BF, body fatness; DXA, dual energy X-ray absorptiometry; SW, swimming; ES-r, eta-squared.