Table 2

Comparison of footballers, runners and other sportsmen by Means of anthropometric, activity and ultrasound parameters
Characteristic
 Footballera (n = 68)
 Runnerb (n = 14)
 Otherc (n = 19)
 P-value








a*b*c
 a*b
 a*c
 b*c
Age (years)
 23 ± 4
 31 ± 8
 27 ± 6
 <0.001
 <0.001
 0.005
 0.06
Weight (kg)
 66.3 ± 7.0
 58.7 ± 6.0
 67.6 ± 10.3
 0.001
 <0.001
 0.52
 0.005
Height (m)
 1.73 ± 0.6
 1.69 ± 0.6
 1.76 ± 0.7
 0.005
 0.01
 0.09
 0.004
BMI (kg/m2)
 22.1 ± 1.8
 20.6 ± 1.9
 21.7 ± 2.4
 0.02
 0.004
 0.36
 0.17
Activity (kcal/kg/d)
 35 ± 13
 27 ± 12
 40 ± 16
 0.02
 0.02
 0.20
 0.01
BUA (dB/MHz)
 142 ± 9
 143 ± 11
 135 ± 13
 0.02
 0.62
 0.01
 0.06
SOS (m/s)
 1625 ± 40
 1623 ± 28
 1590 ± 39
 0.003
 0.84
 0.001
 0.01
SI
 130 ± 15
 130 ± 12
 115 ± 18
 0.001
 0.96
 <0.001
 0.01
T-score
 +0.85 ± 0.88
 +0.86 ± 0.69
 -0.01 ± 1.0
 0.001
 0.96
 0.001
 0.01

P < 0.01 indicates statistical significance (Bonferroni correction).

a*b*c = comparison of footballers (a) with runners (b) and other sportsmen (c).

a*b = comparison of footballers (a) with runners (b).

a*c = comparison of footballers (a) with other sportsmen (c).

b*c = comparison of runners (b) with other sportsmen (c).

Others include handball, high jump, taekwando, wrestling, cycling, badminton and judo.

Laabes et al. Nutrition & Metabolism 2008 5:13   doi:10.1186/1743-7075-5-13