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Table 4 Selected body composition parameters measured with air displacement plethysmography

From: Body Fat of Basketball Players: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Authors and year

Population

Methods

Outcomes

 

Sample size (n) and sex

Age (years) [mean ± SD or range]

Body mass (kg) [mean ± SD]

Body height (cm) [mean ± SD]

Level

Sample description

Equipment

Software

Body fat (%) [mean ± SD]

Lean compartment mass (kg) [mean ± SD]

Fields et al. [95]a

127, M

18–24

94.5 ± 12.6b

194.0 ± 9.2b

National

NCAA Division I

Bod Pod 2000A, COSMED

n.a

11.5 ± 5.1b

83.2 ± 8.5 kg [FFM]

 

196, F

18–24

74.6 ± 12.3b

177.1 ± 7.6b

    

21.5 ± 6.5b

57.9 ± 6.3 kg [FFM]

Fields et al. [96]

95, F

18–22

73.6 ± 11.9

177.9 ± 7.6

National

NCAA Division I

Bod Pod 2000A, COSMED

n.a

21.6 ± 6.7

57.2 ± 6.1 kg [FFM]

Ladwig et al. [97]c

11, F

20.1 ± 1.8

71.1 ± 10.9

176.5 ± 8.3

National

NCAA Division I

Bod Pod 2007A, COSMED

n.a

22.3 ± 5.5

75.5 ± 13.1 kg [FFM]

  1. F female; FFM fat free mass; NCAA National Collegiate Athletic Association; M male; n.a not available; SD Standard deviation
  2. aStudies that reported the data for different player’s position
  3. bFor studies not reporting pooled estimates for the sample mean and sample standard deviation, the respective values were calculated using the sample sizes (n1, n2), means (m1, m2) and standard deviations (sd1, sd2) reported for the individual groups. The according equations are pooled mean = (m1*n1 + m2*n2)/(n1 + n2) and pooled sample standard deviation = sqrt [(n1 − 1)*sd1^2 + (n2 − 1)*sd2^2 + n1*(m1-m)^2 + n2*(m2-m)^2) / (n1 + n2-1)]
  4. cPre-intervention data or initial value of follow-up study presented; more data points available