Table 1.
Mean (SE) of athlete’s anthropometry and body composition.
| Variables | Group | Intervention (n = 32) |
ANCOVA 1 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre | Post | p-Value 1 | ||
| Body mass (kg) | Adults | 69.2 (2.0) | 71.4 (2.1) 3 | 0.06 |
| Adolescents | 56.1 (2.2) | 57.6 (2.0) 3 | ||
| BMI (kg/m2) | Adults | 24.8 (1.3) | 25.1 (1.2) | 0.056 |
| Adolescents | 20 (1) | 20.3 (0.8) | ||
| MAMC | Adults | 26.8 (11) | 26.9 (12) | 0.21 |
| Adolescents | 22.4 (0.6) | 23.8 (0.8) 3 | ||
| ƩSKF 2 | Adults | 80.4 (9) | 93.1 (13) | 0.57 |
| Adolescents | 20.6 (2) | 20.3 (1.4) | ||
| Fat mass (%) | Adults | 12.6 (1.4) | 14.2 (1.5) | 0.58 |
| Adolescents | 14 (1.5) | 13.7 (1.1) | ||
| Lean mass (kg) | Adults | 60 (1.7) | 61.1 (1.6) | 0.03 |
| Adolescents | 48 (1.8) | 49.2 (1.6) | ||
| Fat (kg) | Adults | 8.9 (1.1) | 10.3 (1.3) | 0.001 |
| Adolescents | 8 (0.8) | 8.4 (0.6) | ||
1 p-values refer to differences between groups, using ANCOVA on the changes, adjusting for baseline values; 2 Adolescents: sum of two skinfold, adults: sum of seven skinfolds; 3 p < 0.05, pre versus post.