Table 3 Physical characteristics of all athletes in relation to ACTN3, BDKRB2, and AGT genotypes considering the dominant, recessive, and over dominant models.

From: Association between ACTN3 (R577X), BDKRB2 (−9/+9) and AGT (M235T) polymorphisms and physical performance in Brazilian junior handball players

ACTN3 (R577X)

RR + RX

XX

p-value (ES)

RX + XX

RR

p-value (ES)

RR + XX

RX

p-value (ES)

Height (cm)

174.0 (172.6, 175.4)

174.4 (171.8, 177.0)

0.785 (0.08)

172.9 (170.0, 175.9)

174.6 (173.4, 175.8)

0.212 (0.30)

173.5 (171.4, 175.5)

174.6 (173.2, 176.1)

0.345 (0.21)

Body mass (kg)

68.5 (61.9, 80.5)

71.2 (61.9, 80.5)

0.521 (0.19)

66.1 (60.5, 71.7)

70.3 (66.4, 74.1)

0.223 (0.30)

67.9 (63.2, 72.6)

70.0, 65.6, 74.3)

0.524 (0.14)

Standing long jump (m)

2.04 (1.99, 2.09)

2.00 (1.92, 2.09)

0.522 (0.19)

2.01 (1.93, 2.09)

2.05 (1.99, 2.10)

0.377 (0.21)

2.01 (1.95, 2.06)

2.06 (2.00, 2.13)

0.192 (0.29)

Medicine ball (m)

5.23 (5.10, 5.37)

5.28 (4.97, 5.59)

0.784 (0.09)

5.06 (4.80, 5.31)

5.32 (5.19, 5.46)

0.049* (0.46)

5.14 (4.95, 5.33)

5.34 (5.18, 5.49)

0.108 (0.36)

BDKRB2 (−9/+9)

(+ 9 + 9) + (−9 + 9)

−9-9

 

(−9 + 9) + (−9-9)

+ 9 + 9

 

(+ 9 + 9) + (−9-9)

−9 + 9

 

 Height (cm)

174.9 (173.7, 176.1)

172.1 (168.4, 175.7)

0.068 (0.51)

175.0 (171.8, 178.2)

174.2 (173.0, 175.5)

0.598 (0.14)

173.6 (171.3, 175.9)

174.8 (173.5, 176.1)

0.321 (0.22)

 Body mass (kg)

69.7 (66.2, 73.2)

68.1 (60.6, 75.5)

0.691 (0.11)

69.3 (62.8, 75.8)

69.4 (65.9, 73.0)

0.978 (0.01)

68.7 (64.1, 73.4)

69.8 (65.6, 74.0)

0.737 (0.07)

 Standing long jump (m)

2.03 (1.98, 2.07)

2.01 (1.90, 2.11)

0.723 (0.10)

2.03 (1.94, 2.12)

2.02 (1.98, 2.07)

0.942 (0.02)

2.02 (1.96, 2.08)

2.03 (1.98, 2.08)

0.827 (0.05)

 Medicine ball (m)

5.27 (5.15, 5.40)

5.24 (4.85, 5.62)

0.803 (0.07)

5.33 (5.04, 5.62)

5.25 (5.12, 5.39)

0.604 (0.14)

5.29 (5.06, 5.51)

5.26 (5.12, 5.40)

0.818 (0.05)

AGT (M235T)

MM + MT

TT

 

MT + TT

MM

 

MM + TT

MT

 

 Height (cm)

173.8 (172.4, 175.1)

175.3 (173.2, 177.3)

0.208 (0.27)

174.9 (172.2, 177.6)

174.3 (173.0, 175.6)

0.736 (0.10)

175.2 (173.5, 176.8)

173.3 (171.7, 175.0)

0.131 (0.33)

 Body mass (kg)

66.6 (63.2, 70.1)

72.7 (67.1, 78.4)

0.053 (0.42)

66.2 (60.4, 72.0)

69.8 (66.2, 73.3)

0.411 (0.24)

71.0 (66.6, 75.4)

66.8 (62.5, 71.1)

0.187 (0.28)

 Standing long jump (m)

2.03 (1.98, 2.08)

2.02 (1.95, 2.08)

0.697 (0.08)

2.07 (1.98, 2.17)

2.02 (1.97, 2.06)

0.301 (0.30)

2.03 (1.98, 2.08)

2.02 (1.95, 2.08)

0.713 (0.08)

 Medicine ball (m)

5.25 (5.10, 5.39)

5.29 (5.08, 5.51)

0.697 (0.08)

5.23 (5.03, 5.43)

5.27 (5.13, 5.41)

0.803 (0.07)

5.28 (5.11, 5.44)

5.25 (5.07, 5.43)

0.863 (0.04)

  1. Values are expressed as mean and 95% confidence interval. Independent t-test was used to compare the characteristics of the participants. *, significant difference (p < 0.05). ES: effect size. Significant values are in bold.
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