Body Composition Evaluation Issue among Young Elite Football Players: DXA Assessment
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Participants
2.2. Anthropometrics
2.3. Body Composition
2.4. Skinfolds
2.5. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Acknowledgments
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
References
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U16 (n = 13) | U19 (n = 25) | p-Value | |||
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Mean | sd | Mean | sd | ||
Age (years) | 15.77 | 0.44 | 17.28 | 0.54 | <0.001 |
Height (cm) | 174.62 | 5.68 | 175.16 | 6.40 | 0.927 |
Weight (kg) | 66.25 | 5.03 | 69.81 | 5.39 | 0.056 |
BMI (kg/m2) | 21.65 | 1.17 | 22.76 | 1.52 | 0.025 |
BIA fat mass (%) | 12.05 | 2.66 | 11.97 | 2.66 | 0.903 |
DXA fat mass (%) | 15.58 | 2.03 | 14.16 | 1.91 | 0.041 |
Sum SKF (mm) | - | - | 36.12 | 8.19 | - |
DXA Fat Mass (%) | p-Value | |
---|---|---|
BIA fat mass (%) | 0.335 | 0.040 * |
Sum of the three skinfolds (mm) | 0.683 | <0.001 ** |
Mean | sd | Median | |
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BIA fat (%) | 12.0 | 2.62 | 12.20 |
DXA fat (%) | 14.06 | 2.20 | 13.64 |
DXA fat-BIA fat (%) | 2.06 | 2.55 | 2.21 |
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Leão, C.; Simões, M.; Silva, B.; Clemente, F.M.; Bezerra, P.; Camões, M. Body Composition Evaluation Issue among Young Elite Football Players: DXA Assessment. Sports 2017, 5, 17. https://doi.org/10.3390/sports5010017
Leão C, Simões M, Silva B, Clemente FM, Bezerra P, Camões M. Body Composition Evaluation Issue among Young Elite Football Players: DXA Assessment. Sports. 2017; 5(1):17. https://doi.org/10.3390/sports5010017
Chicago/Turabian StyleLeão, César, Mário Simões, Bruno Silva, Filipe Manuel Clemente, Pedro Bezerra, and Miguel Camões. 2017. "Body Composition Evaluation Issue among Young Elite Football Players: DXA Assessment" Sports 5, no. 1: 17. https://doi.org/10.3390/sports5010017