Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of the subjects

	Water Group (n = 12)	Land Group (n = 13)	p
Age (y)	13.28 ± 0.96	13.52 ± 0.92	0.687
Body Mass (kg)	49.30 ± 7.90	48.59 ± 6.51	0.993
Body Height (cm)	159.61 ± 5.62	162.59 ± 9.46	0.389
Training per week (sessions)	5.70 ± 0.67	6.09 ± 0.30	0.216
% of predicted mature height	92.31 ± 3.83	91.97 ± 2.47	0.745

Values are expressed as mean ± SD; p values of student’s t-test for independent samples