Research Article

Evaluation of the Performance of Females as Light Infantry Soldiers

Table 1

Anthropometric data mean ± SD) for female and male Karakal recruits who completed basic training before and after 14 weeks of basic training course.

Females Males value

Age year)19.1 ± 0.619.3 ± 1.2NS
Height cm)162 ± 6175 ± 7 <0.0001
BMI kg·m−2)23.1 ± 3.422.8 ± 4.0NS
Quadriceps force kgF)82 ± 24124 ± 29<0.0001
Weight at induction, kg)60.7 ± 9.969.8 ± 13.1<0.0001
Weight at week 14, kg)61.5 ± 9.668.9 ± 11.7<0.0001
Weight kg)0.8 ± 2.6***NS
 Fat % at induction)30.7 ± 4.617.3 ± 4.8<0.0001
 Fat % at week 14)29.6 ± 4.415.9 ± 4.0<0.0001
Fat %−1.2 ± 2.9***−1.3 ± 2.2***NS
 Fat mass at induction, kg)18.9 ± 5.512.6 ± 5.7<0.0001
 Fat mass at week 14, kg)18.5 ± 5.211.4 ± 4.4<0.0001
Fat mass kg)0.5 ± 2.3**−0.1 ± 2.3**NS
 Lean body mass at induction, Kg)41.7 ± 5.457.2 ± 8.1<0.0001
 Lean body mass at week 14, kg)43.0 ± 5.357.6 ± 7.9<0.0001
Lean body mass kg)1.3 ± 1.7***1.1 ± 3.6*NS
o2max at induction, mL·kg−1·min−1)36.8 ± 6.4 50.4 ± 7.8<0.0001
o2max at week 14, mL·kg−1·min−1)39.8 ± 5.9 52.4 ± 7.0<0.0001
o2max mL·kg−1·min−1)3.0 ± 7.6***NS

values for deltas: , , , and §NS.