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. 2022 May 13;22:275. doi: 10.1186/s12887-022-03321-2

Table 2.

Results of Repeated measures ANOVA to examine the effects of sports (soccer vs. swimming), 12-month follow-up (time-moment 1 vs. time-moment 2) and interaction factor (sport d 12-month) among male adolescent athletes (soccer players, n = 20; swimmers, n = 20)

Dependent variable Effects
Between sports 12-month Interaction
(sport d 12-month)
F p η2 F p η2 F p η2
Factorial ANOVA
Stature, cm 3.472 0.070 0.29b 319.355  < 0.001 0.95f 4.211 0.047 0.32 c
Body mass, kg 0.989 0.326 0.16b 170.417  < 0.001 0.90f 0.193 0.663 0.07
Fat tissue, % 3.733 0.061 0.30c 9.281 0.004 0.44c 1.067 0.192 0.21b
LST: total body, kg 7.850 0.008 0.41c 223.043  < 0.001 0.92f 0.393 0.535 0.10b
LST: trunk, kg 8.186 0.007 0.42c 177.569  < 0.001 0.91f 1.011 0.391 0.16b
LST: upper limbs, kg 11.598 0.002 0.48c 130.695  < 0.001 0.88e 0.472 0.496 0.11b
LST: lower limbs, kg 4.371 0.043 0.32c 207.302  < 0.001 0.92f 0.001 0.989 0.01
aBMD: total body, g.cm−2 5.545 0.024 0.36c 66.908  < 0.001 0.80e 4.847 0.034 0.34c
a 11.088 0.002 0.48c 2.087 0.157 0.23b 7.627 0.009 0.41c
aBMD: subhead, g.cm−2 5.254 0.028 0.35c 90.383  < 0.001 0.84e 5.195 0.028 0.35c
a 13.223 0.001 0.51d 0.564 0.457 0.12b 6.521 0.015 0.39c
aBMD: trunk, g.cm−2 0.248 0.621 0.08 92.522  < 0.001 0.84e 0.459 0.502 0.11b
aBMD: upper limbs, g.cm−2 0.569 0.455 0.12b 1.725 0.197 0.21b 0.111 0.741 0.05
aBMD: lower limbs, g.cm−2 9.146 0.004 0.44c 97.238  < 0.001 0.85e 14.294 0.001 0.52d
aBMD: PF-neck, g.cm−2 5.052 0.030 0.34c 40.643  < 0.001 0.72e 6.015 0.019 0.37c
aBMD: PF-ward, g.cm−2 8.129 0.007 0.42c 28.575  < 0.001 0.66d 9.401 0.004 0.45c
aBMD: PF-trochanter, g.cm−2 7.718 0.008 0.41c 56.514  < 0.001 0.77e 11.106 0.002 0.48c

LST (Lean soft tissue), aBMD (Areal bone mineral density), PF (Proximal femur), F (F-value), p (Significance value)

a(Repeated measures ANCOVA controlling for stature at baseline, centered stature = 152.3 cm)

Magnitude effect: b(small), c(moderate), d(large), e(very large), f(nearly perfect)