Table 4.
Differences in the mean values of body composition parameters in men (N = 30) and women (N = 30) before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.
| Variables | Before Pandemic (BP) | During Pandemic (DP) | Difference (DP-BP) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SD | Min–Max | As | Mean | SD | Min–Max | As | t | p | |
| Men | ||||||||||
| TBW [kg] | 46.25 | 5.95 | 31.6–58.2 | −0.11 | 46.65 | 5.96 | 34.9–61.0 | 0.48 | 0.64 | ns |
| Proteins [kg] | 12.54 | 1.61 | 8.6–15.8 | −0.07 | 12.65 | 1.62 | 9.4–16.5 | 0.47 | 0.68 | ns |
| Minerals kg] | 4.32 | 0.60 | 2.9–5.7 | 0.05 | 4.39 | 0.65 | 3.07–6.09 | 0.66 | 0.94 | ns |
| Body mass [kg] | 75.10 | 11.13 | 50.5–108.9 | 0.83 | 76.66 | 10.74 | 54.3–110.3 | 0.94 | 4.86 | <0.001 * |
| BMI [kg/m2] | 22.98 | 2.93 | 17.3–29.1 | 0.56 | 23.45 | 2.75 | 18.6–29.0 | 0.68 | 4.81 | <0.001 * |
| BFM [kg] | 11.98 | 6.01 | 4.0–29.2 | 1.41 | 12.96 | 6.02 | 6.7–28.4 | 1.51 | 1.12 | ns |
| FFM [kg] | 63.12 | 8.14 | 43.1–79.7 | −0.10 | 63.70 | 8.22 | 47.4–83.3 | 0.49 | 0.67 | ns |
| SMM [kg] | 35.88 | 4.89 | 23.7–45.8 | −0.11 | 36.20 | 4.91 | 26.5–47.7 | 0.48 | 0.61 | ns |
| PBF [%] | 15.57 | 6.02 | 6.1–29.8 | 0.69 | 16.59 | 5.99 | 9.5–30.3 | 0.94 | 0.93 | ns |
| In Body Score | 78.0 | 6.9 | 65–91 | −0.05 | 79.5 | 7.5 | 65–93 | −0.08 | 1.01 | ns |
| Weight control [kg] | 0.06 | 6.88 | −15.7–15.4 | −0.20 | −1.57 | 5.89 | −16.6–9.6 | −0.99 | −2.04 | 0.05 |
| BMR [Kcal] | 1733.4 | 175.8 | 1300–2091 | −0.10 | 1745.7 | 177.6 | 1395–2170 | 0.49 | 0.66 | ns |
| WHR | 0.85 | 0.07 | 0.7–1.0 | 0.82 | 0.85 | 0.06 | 0.7–1.0 | 0.98 | 0.12 | ns |
| Women | ||||||||||
| TBW [kg] | 32.24 | 3.19 | 26.9–40.7 | 0.93 | 32.3 | 3.37 | 26.0–41.9 | 0.56 | 0.11 | ns |
| Proteins [kg] | 8.64 | 0.87 | 7.2–10.9 | 0.85 | 8.68 | 0.91 | 7.0–11.2 | 0.49 | 0.18 | ns |
| Minerals kg] | 3.18 | 0.38 | 2.6–4.1 | 0.86 | 3.18 | 0.32 | 2.5–4.0 | 0.31 | 0.02 | ns |
| Body mass [kg] | 60.41 | 7.90 | 47.6–83.7 | 0.96 | 61.51 | 8.14 | 48.4–85.6 | 1.07 | 3.93 | <0.001 * |
| BMI [kg/m2] | 21.74 | 2.42 | 17.5–29.7 | 1.21 | 22.14 | 2.48 | 17.8–30.3 | 1.24 | 3.95 | <0.001 * |
| BFM [kg] | 16.35 | 5.73 | 5.3–29.3 | 0.24 | 17.35 | 6.20 | 8.9–41.2 | 1.67 | 1.18 | ns |
| FFM [kg] | 44.07 | 4.43 | 36.7–55.7 | 0.92 | 44.16 | 4.59 | 35.5–57.1 | 0.54 | 0.11 | ns |
| SMM [kg] | 24.11 | 2.65 | 19.7–31.2 | 0.96 | 24.17 | 2.76 | 18.9–31.9 | 0.52 | 0.13 | ns |
| PBF [%] | 26.52 | 6.77 | 9.7–36.1 | −0.74 | 27.72 | 6.38 | 16.3–48.1 | 0.89 | 0.90 | ns |
| In Body Score | 73.5 | 4.7 | 67–85 | 0.57 | 73.9 | 6.0 | 54–85 | −0.94 | 0.29 | ns |
| Weight control [kg] | 0.08 | 5.92 | −13.1–12.4 | −0.12 | −1.45 | 7.05 | −27.9–10.1 | −1.83 | −2.32 | 0.027 |
| BMR [Kcal] | 1322.1 | 95.6 | 1163–1573 | 0.92 | 1323.9 | 99.3 | 1137–1604 | 0.54 | 0.10 | ns |
| WHR | 0.85 | 0.05 | 0.8–1.0 | 0.55 | 0.85 | 0.04 | 0.8–0.9 | 0.59 | 0.02 | ns |
Notes: TBW—total body water, BMI—body mass index, BFM—body fat mass, FFM—fat-free mass, SMM—skeletal muscle mass, PBF—percent body fat, BMR—basal metabolic rate, WHR—waist-hip ratio, * p < 0.001, ns—not significant.