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. 2020 Jan 22;7:1. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2020.00001

Table 2.

Fat-free mass and fat mass in various different sports for three compartments.

Group N Fat-free mass (kg) Fat mass (kg)
Arms Legs Trunk Arms Legs Trunk
Paracycling 11 7.8 ± 2.0 10.1 ± 4.2 22.6 ± 3.4 1.4 ± 0.8 5.0 ± 2.8 5.2 ± 3.4
Rugby 14 7.0 ± 1.6 14.1 ± 4.1* 25.7 ± 5.5 1.9 ± 1.2 5.8 ± 2.9 8.0 ± 5.2
Basketball 6 9.0 ± 1.0 13.1 ± 5.5* 27.6 ± 4.4 1.7 ± 0.9 4.6 ± 1.9 7.4 ± 4.7
Athletics 13 6.6 ± 2.4 6.9 ± 3.8 20.5 ± 6.2 1.8 ± 0.8 5.4 ± 2.4 5.8 ± 2.4
Curling 6 7.6 ± 1.5 10.4 ± 2.8 26.0 ± 3.3 2.9 ± 0.9 8.7 ± 2.4 12.7 ± 3.8*
Court sports 8 6.3 ± 1.4 10.4 ± 3.9 22.4 ± 5.0 2.5 ± 0.9 7.1 ± 3.8 7.8 ± 4.8
Others 10 7.2 ± 2.0 10.5 ± 5.3 24.7 ± 5.3 2.2 ± 1.0 6.5 ± 2.8 7.8 ± 3.5
Total 69 7.2 ± 1.9 10.7 ± 4.8 23.9 ± 5.3 2.0 ± 1.1 6.0 ± 2.9 7.5 ± 4.4

Court sports, table tennis, tennis, badminton; others, ski alpine, shooting and archery; N, number of participants;

*

Significantly different to other sports (p < 0.05).