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Table 1 Characteristics of the groups in the various sporting metabolic modalities and control group

From: Serum concentration of several trace metals and physical training

 

Control

(n = 31)

Sportsm

(n = 80)

Aerobic

(n = 28)

Anaerobic

(n = 24)

Aerobic-anaerobic

(n = 28)

Height (m)

1,76 ± 0,057

1,76 ± 0,07

1,77 ± 0,05

1,73 ± 0,07

1,80 ± 0,05

Weight (kg)

78,21 ± 12,19

65,31 ± 7,55***

64,95 ± 7,10***

64,91 ± 8,46***

73,78 ± 6,12*†††■■■

Σ4 skinfolds (mm)

52,02 ± 23,77

35,12 ± 9,29***

32,56 ± 8,75***

33,66 ± 9,87***

38,25 ± 10,06**†

Σ6 skinfolds (mm)

88,82 ± 34,5

45,85 ± 16,69***

49,69 ± 14,84***

56,32 ± 16,65**††

59,49 ± 17,10**†††

Fat weight (kg)

9,60 ± 3,32

5,94 ± 1,27***

5,54 ± 1,05***

6,16 ± 1,45**††

7,03 ± 1,05***†††■

Muscle weight (kg)

36,60 ± 4,18

31,51 ± 3,72***

31,96 ± 3,68***

30,67 ± 4,1***

36,14 ± 3,33†††■■■

Bone weight (kg)

11,77 ± 2,02

12,26 ± 1,63

12,03 ± 1,27

12,43 ± 2,15

12,83 ± 0,92*††

Fat percentage (%)

12,28 ± 2,87

9,01 ± 1,23***

8,45 ± 1,03***

9,39 ± 1,27***††

9,51 ± 1,03***†††

Muscle percentage (%)

48,21 ± 3,31

48,13 ± 2,01

48,93 ± 1,58

47,32 ± 2,68††

48,92 ± 1,28■■

Bone percentage (%)

15,37 ± 1,63

18,76 ± 1,87***

18,5 ± 1,63**

19,19 ± 2,46***

17,39 ± 0,9***††■■

  1. Anova and post oc Bonferoni test. (*p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001) differences between control group vs athletes, aerobic, anaerobic and aerobic-anaerobic groups; († p < 0.05, †† p < 0.01, ††† p < 0.001) differences between aerobic vs anaerobic group and aerobic-anaerobic group; (■ p < 0.05; ■■ p < 0.01; ■■■ p < 0.001) differences between anaerobic vs aerobic-anaerobic group