Table 1 General characteristics of the analyzed variables in female masters athletes in 3 sport competition categories: endurance athletes (EA), speed-power athletes (SPA), and throwing athletes (TA).

	EA (1)	SPA (2)	TA (3)	Significant difference	F (p) η²
	Mean ± SD			Significant difference	F (p) η²
Age (years)	58.9 ± 11.6	55.6 ± 10.8	59.5 ± 10.7	ns	2.39 (0.094) 0.02
Age at menarche (years)	13.02 ± 2.0	12.99 ± 1.9	12.73 ± 2.3	ns	0.268 (0.765) 0.00
Age at menopause (years)	50.7 ± 3.1	50.9 ± 3.5	48.8 ± 7.8	ns	0.366 (0.694) 0.00
Body mass (kg)	56.7 ± 6,9	59.3 ± 5.8	79.4 ± 14.2	1v3, 2v3	96.76 (0.000) 0.50
Body height (cm)	162.6 ± 6.3	165.0 ± 7.1	168.8 ± 5.7	1v2, 1v3, 2v3	10.9 (0.000) 0.10
BMI (kg/m²)	21.5 ± 2.9	21.8 ± 1.9	27.8 ± 4.5	1v3, 2v3	71.02 (0.000) 0.42
FM (kg)	19.3 ± 3.9	19.9 ± 3.3	33.7 ± 9.8	1v3, 2v3	101.28 (0.000) 0.51
PBF (%)	33.9 ± 4.0	33.5 ± 3.4	41.7 ± 5.7	1v3, 2v3	51.39 (0.000) 0.34
FFM (kg)	37.4 ± 4.1	39.3 ± 3.8	45.7 ± 5.7	1v2, 1v3, 2v3	44.96 (0.000) 0.31
BMD dis R + U (g/cm² )	0.302 ± 0.06	0.305 ± 0.07	0.371 ± 0.09	1v3, 2v3	12.10 (0.000) 0.12
BMC dis R + U (g)	1.258 ± 0.29	1.256 ± 0.30	1.450 ± 0.31	1v3, 2v3	5.84 (0.003) 0.06
T-score dis R + U	-0.788 ± 0.94	-0.789 ± 1.06	-0.308 ± 0.85	1v3, 2v3	3.34 (0.037) 0.03
% age matched dis R + U	94.8 ± 16.3	99.1 ± 20.2	101.8 ± 16.9	ns	2.17 (0.117) 0.02
BMD prox R + U (g/cm²)	0.685 ± 0.12	0.682 ± 0.11	0.746 ± 0.14	1v3, 2v3	3.76 (0.025) 0.04
BMC prox R + U (g)	1.781 ± 0.29	1.789 ± 0.31	2.119 ± 0.50	1v3, 2v3	13.47 (0.000) 0.12
T-score prox R + U	-2.002 ± 1.76	-2.115 ± 1.73	-0.637 ± 1.66	1v3, 2v3	9.32 (0.000) 0.09
% age matched prox R + U	92.5 ± 12.1	93.0 ± 13.9	94.6 ± 13.4	ns	0.31 (0.737) 0.00

BMD bone mineral density, BMC bone mineral content, dis distal part of forearm, prox proximal part of forearm, R + U radiale + ulna, BMI body mass index, PBF percentage body fat, FM fat mass, FFM fat-free mass, FMI fat mass index, FFMI fat-free mass index. Dietary pattern: no.1- Customary diet/normal diet; no.2- lactose-free, gluten-free; no. 3- high intake of fruit, vegetables, dairy products, whole grains, poultry, fish, nuts, and legumes; no.4.- Vegan, vegetarian; Φ - phi factor, effect size for the chi-squared test; η² - eta-squared.

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