Bone Mineral Density and Body Composition of Adult Premenopausal Women with Three Levels of Physical Activity

Table 2

Body composition results.

	Sedentary (𝑛=16)	Maintenance (𝑛=16)	Sport Team (𝑛=16)	Linear trend 𝑃^a
Bone mineral content (g)	2295±260	2431±321	2730±375^b	0.0004
Fat mass (kg)	21.23±3.59	17.71±5.18	15.68±5.42^c	0.0021
Non-fat soft tissue mass (kg)	38.07±4.37	37.74±3.75	42.55±3.98^d	0.0030
Body fat (%)	34.3±3.9	30.3±7.3	25.2±5.6^b	<0.0001
Fat mass index (kg/m^2)	8.2±1.3	6.8±2.0	5.8±1.8	0.0004
Non-fat soft tissue mass index (kg/m^2)	14.6±1.2	14.6±1.2	15.9±1.0	0.0045

^aFor linear trend post hoc test after a significant result with ANOVA.
^bSignificantly different from Sedentary (𝑃<0.01) and Maintenance (𝑃<0.05).
^cSignificantly different from Sedentary and Maintenance (both 𝑃<0.01).
^dSignificantly different from Sedentary (𝑃<0.01).
^eSignificantly different from Sedentary (𝑃<0.05) and Maintenance (𝑃<0.01).