Table 2.

Somatotype of Brazilian jiu-jitsu athletes (data are presented as the mean ± SD)

Athlete characteristics (n)	Endomorphy	Mesomorphy	Ectomorphy	Reference
Male
High level athletes				Báez et al. [26]
Pass fighter (n = 10)	2.3 ± 0.6	7.0 ± 1.2	1.3 ± 0.6
Guard fighter (n = 15)	2.2 ± 0.7	5.9 ± 0. 9 a	2.1 ± 0. 9 ª
All (n = 25)	2.2 ± 0.7	6.3 ± 1.1	1.8 ± 0.9
High level athletes (n = 49)	2.1 ± 0.6	5.8 ± 1.0	2.0 ± 0.8	Pietraszewska et al. [94]
High level athletes (n = 11)	3.0 ± 0.8	5.5 ± 1.0	1.7 ± 0.6	Andreato et al. [8]
High level athletes (n = 7)	3.2 ± 1.6	7.9 ± 1.4	1.7 ± 0.6	Del Vecchio et al. [3]

^aSignificant difference versus pass fighter group from the same study