Table 1. Characteristics of three groups of participants. Data are means (±SD).
Variables TTR (C) Group 1 TTR (D) Group 2 CON Group 3
Height (m) 1.79 (.08) 1.79 (.05) 177.4 (4.1)
Weight (kg) 67.9 (.6) 64.2 (7.0) 66.9 (8.7)
FFM (kg) 61.4 (11.0) 58.6 (5.2) 58.8 (6.0)
SMM (kg) 34.8 (6.6) 33.2 (3.0) 33.0 (3.5)
Fat (kg) 6.5 (2.4) 5.6 (2.4) 3 8.1 (3.0) 2
Fat % 9.4 (2.5) 8.6 (2.8) 3 11.8 (3.3) 2
TBW (kg) 45.0 (8.0) 43.0 (3.8) 43.1 (4.4)
BMI (kg×m-2) 21.1 (2.3) 20.2 (1.8) 21.2 (2.5)
VO2 max (mL·kg-1·min-1) 64.8 (8.3) 3 67.9 (5.1) 3 52.3 (6.4) 1, 2
FFM - free fat mass, SMM - skeletal muscle mass, Fat - fat mass, Fat% - percentage of body fat, BMI - body mass index, VOmax-maximal oxygen consumption. TTR(C) – tennis trained group in period March 2010; TTR(D) – tennis trained group in period September 2010; CON – control group in September 2010. Superscripts denote p < 0.05 between the groups.