Participants’ characteristics with anthropometric measures for runners and cyclists. Values are presented as means and SD (n=40)
Measure | Runners (n=21) | Cyclists (n=19) |
Age (year) | 25.4 (4.4) | 24.0 (4.0) |
Height (cm) | 178.1 (11.8) | 177.1 (7.6) |
Body mass (kg) | 65.4 (10.3) | 70.1 (10.0) |
BMI (kg/m2) | 20.2 (1.1) | 21.8 (1.7)* |
FFM (%) | 81 (4) | 83 (5) |
FM (%) | 15 (5) | 14 (5) |
*P≤0.01.
BMI, body mass index; FFM, fat-free mass; FM, fat mass.