Table 1.

Characteristics of the groups in the various sporting metabolic modalities and control group

	Control (n = 31)	Sportsm (n = 80)	Aerobic (n = 28)	Anaerobic (n = 24)	Aerobic-anaerobic (n = 28)
Height (m)	1,76 ± 0,057	1,76 ± 0,07	1,77 ± 0,05	1,73 ± 0,07	1,80 ± 0,05
Weight (kg)	78,21 ± 12,19	65,31 ± 7,55***	64,95 ± 7,10***	64,91 ± 8,46***	73,78 ± 6,12*†††■■■
Σ4 skinfolds (mm)	52,02 ± 23,77	35,12 ± 9,29***	32,56 ± 8,75***	33,66 ± 9,87***	38,25 ± 10,06**†
Σ6 skinfolds (mm)	88,82 ± 34,5	45,85 ± 16,69***	49,69 ± 14,84***	56,32 ± 16,65**††	59,49 ± 17,10**†††
Fat weight (kg)	9,60 ± 3,32	5,94 ± 1,27***	5,54 ± 1,05***	6,16 ± 1,45**††	7,03 ± 1,05***†††■
Muscle weight (kg)	36,60 ± 4,18	31,51 ± 3,72***	31,96 ± 3,68***	30,67 ± 4,1***	36,14 ± 3,33†††■■■
Bone weight (kg)	11,77 ± 2,02	12,26 ± 1,63	12,03 ± 1,27	12,43 ± 2,15	12,83 ± 0,92*††
Fat percentage (%)	12,28 ± 2,87	9,01 ± 1,23***	8,45 ± 1,03***	9,39 ± 1,27***††	9,51 ± 1,03***†††
Muscle percentage (%)	48,21 ± 3,31	48,13 ± 2,01	48,93 ± 1,58	47,32 ± 2,68††	48,92 ± 1,28■■
Bone percentage (%)	15,37 ± 1,63	18,76 ± 1,87***	18,5 ± 1,63**	19,19 ± 2,46***	17,39 ± 0,9***††■■

Anova and post oc Bonferoni test. (*p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001) differences between control group vs athletes, aerobic, anaerobic and aerobic-anaerobic groups; († p < 0.05, †† p < 0.01, ††† p < 0.001) differences between aerobic vs anaerobic group and aerobic-anaerobic group; (■ p < 0.05; ■■ p < 0.01; ■■■ p < 0.001) differences between anaerobic vs aerobic-anaerobic group