Research Article

Bone Mineral Density of Adolescent Female Tennis Players and Nontennis Players

Table 4

Results of 7-Day Physical Activity (PA) Questionnaire and tennis playing history.

Tennis players ( 𝑛 = 1 9 ) Non tennis players ( 𝑛 = 1 9 )

Physical activity (MET hours/week) 5 3 . 3 ± 4 4 . 1 3 6 . 6 ± 4 0 . 7
Starting age for playing tennis (yr) 1 0 . 8 ± 3 . 4
Frequency of playing tennis (days/wk) 4 . 8 ± 1 . 2
Duration of each tennis session (min) 8 3 . 6 ± 2 5 . 6

All values are means and standard deviations.
𝑛 = 1 8 for MET hours/week due to one set of extreme scores.