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
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| Age year) | 19.1 ± 0.6 | 19.3 ± 1.2 | NS | Height cm) | 162 ± 6 | 175 ± 7 |
<0.0001 | BMI kg·m−2) | 23.1 ± 3.4 | 22.8 ± 4.0 | NS | Quadriceps force kgF) | 82 ± 24 | 124 ± 29 | <0.0001 | Weight at induction, kg) | 60.7 ± 9.9 | 69.8 ± 13.1 | <0.0001 | Weight at week 14, kg) | 61.5 ± 9.6 | 68.9 ± 11.7 | <0.0001 | Weight kg) | 0.8 ± 2.6*** | | NS | Fat % at induction) | 30.7 ± 4.6 | 17.3 ± 4.8 | <0.0001 | Fat % at week 14) | 29.6 ± 4.4 | 15.9 ± 4.0 | <0.0001 | Fat % | −1.2 ± 2.9*** | −1.3 ± 2.2*** | NS | Fat mass at induction, kg) | 18.9 ± 5.5 | 12.6 ± 5.7 | <0.0001 | Fat mass at week 14, kg) | 18.5 ± 5.2 | 11.4 ± 4.4 | <0.0001 | Fat mass kg) | 0.5 ± 2.3** | −0.1 ± 2.3** | NS | Lean body mass at induction, Kg) | 41.7 ± 5.4 | 57.2 ± 8.1 | <0.0001 | Lean body mass at week 14, kg) | 43.0 ± 5.3 | 57.6 ± 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 |
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values for deltas: , , , and §NS.
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