Table 1 Age, anthropometric data (n = 21); SD: Standard Deviation.

From: Changes in different salivary biomarkers related to physiologic stress in elite handball players: the case of females

 

Whole sample

Wingers & Forwards (n:10)

Defenders (n:11)

Mann-Whitney test

Mean ± SD

Mean ± SD

Mean ± SD

Z

p

Age (years)

23.0 ± 5.4

25.0 ± 6.3

21.0 ± 3.2

−1.487

0.137

Weight (kg)

67.1 ± 7.5

64.9 ± 5.9

69.2 ± 8.6

−0.420

0.674

Height (cm)

170.2 ± 4.1

168.7 ± 3.2

171.6 ± 4.6

−0.583

0.560

BMI (kg/m2)

23.1 ± 2.0

22.8 ± 2.2

23.4 ± 1.9

−0.053

0.958

Fat (%)

28.9 ± 5.7

28.6 ± 3.6

29.3 ± 7.5

−0.525

0.599

Muscle (%)

31.1 ± 2.7

31.1 ± 1.3

31.1 ± 3.7

−0.315

0.753

Basal metabolism (calories)

1340.5 ± 328.3

1227.1 ± 438.6

1453.9 ± 96.0

−1.524

0.130

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