Table 4.
Physical fitness and body composition for each Sasang type
| So-Yang (n = 352) |
Tae-Eum (n = 193) |
So-Eum (n = 385) |
Total (n = 930) |
F value | Post hoc test results | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Muscular Strength | 23.34 (4.14) | 24.63 (4.96) | 22.05 (4.28) | 23.08 (4.48) | 23.231 † | TE > SY > SE |
| Agility | 70.02 (7.26) | 70.12 (7.30) | 69.96 (7.96) | 70.02 (7.56) | 0.027 | |
| Muscular endurance | 23.72 (10.30) | 23.46 (9.75) | 22.94 (10.74) | 23.34 (10.37) | 0.540 | |
| Power | 147.27 (26.83) | 146.11 (25.66) | 141.00 (21.34) | 144.43 (24.59) | 6.629 * | SY > SE |
| Flexibility | 16.42 (8.78) | 18.05 (8.20) | 16.44 (8.43) | 16.77 (8.53) | 2.762 | |
| Total body water | 27.34 (2.11) | 29.51 (3.69) | 26.44 (2.68) | 27.42 (3.04) | 76.104 † | TE > SY > SE |
| Protein | 9.01 (1.31) | 9.83 (1.50) | 8.47 (1.31) | 8.95 (1.44) | 65.495 † | TE > SY > SE |
| Muscle mass | 36.48 (2.90) | 39.83 (4.07) | 35.21 (3.27) | 36.65 (3.74) | 124.980 † | TE > SY > SE |
| Mineral | 2.44 (0.25) | 2.67 (0.62) | 2.45 (0.43) | 2.49 (0.44) | 21.382 † | TE > SY, SE |
| Lean body mass | 38.83 (3.07) | 42.36 (4.20) | 37.51 (3.43) | 39.01 (3.91) | 125.426 † | TE > SY > SE |
| Fat mass | 14.07 (2.75) | 18.88 (3.98) | 13.79 (3.19) | 14.95 (3.79) | 181.494 † | TE > SY, SE |
The data for each group are presented as the mean (standard deviation).
*
p < 0.05.
†
p < 0.01.
SE, So-Eum; SY, So-Yang; TE, Tae-Yang.