Table
1. Anthropometric
data of the subjects. Data are means (± SD).
|
Variables |
Women |
Men |
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|
|
Athletes
|
Obese
|
Athletes
|
Obese
|
|
Age (y) |
34.3 (9.60) |
33.5 (7.71) |
34.6 ± 7.82 |
34.2 ± 8.99 |
|
Height (m) |
1.68 (.03) |
1.65 (.05) |
1.78 ± 0.04 |
1.78 ± 0.05 |
|
Weight (kg) |
58.6 (4.48) |
94.7 ± 11.47* |
71.85 ± 5.75 |
112.3 ± 33.61* |
|
BMI (kg·m-2) |
20.9 (1.8) |
34.7 ± 4.6* |
22.7 ± 1.3 |
35.4 ± 8.6* |
|
LBM (kg) |
48.4 (3.4) |
47.4 ± 2.4 |
61.6 ± 4.3 |
65.6 ± 6.7
|
|
Body fat (%) |
17.4 (1.3) |
49.4 ± 5.8* |
14.3 ± 1.0 |
39.7 ± 8.9* |
| * Significant difference between endurance trained and sedentary obese women and between endurance trained and sedentary obese men (p < 0.05). BMI = body mass index, LBM = lean body mass. |