Journal of Sports Science and Medicine

Table 1. Anthropometric statistics of the cohorts at each assessment timepoint.

		lbHPT (n = 14)	lbLPTcomp (n = 12)	lbLPTreg (n = 10)
Age (y)	Baseline	12.8 ± 0.5	12.3 ± 0.5	13.5 ± 0.4
	Post 3-months	13.1 ± 0.5	12.6 ± 0.5	13.8 ± 0.4
	Post 6-months	13.4 ± 0.5	12.9 ± 0.5	14.1 ± 0.4
Height (cm)	Baseline	153.7 ± 7.7	147.6 ± 8.9	161.0 ± 3.3
	Post 3-months	154.5 ± 7.6	148.2 ± 8.8	161.5 ± 3.3
	Post 6-months	155.3 ± 7.4	148.9 ± 8.7	162.0 ± 3.3
Body mass (kg)	Baseline	44.3 ± 7.0	41.1 ± 7.6	51.5 ± 4.2
	Post 3-months	45.3 ± 6.9	42.2 ± 7.3	52.5 ± 4.5
	Post 6-months	46.4 ± 7.1	43.1 ± 7.7	53.5 ± 4.1
Body mass index (kg/m²)	Baseline	18.7 ± 2.4	18.8 ± 1.8	19.9 ± 1.7
	Post 3-months	19.0 ± 2.5	19.0 ± 1.9	20.1 ± 1.6
	Post 6-months	19.2 ± 2.3	19.3 ± 1.8	20.4 ± 1.8
Maturity offset (years)	Baseline	–1.2 ± 0.6	–1.8 ± 0.6	–0.4 ± 0.4
	Post 3-months	–1.1 ± 0.6	–1.7 ± 0.6	–0.3 ± 0.4
	Post 6-months	–1.0 ± 0.6	–1.6 ± 0.6	–0.2 ± 0.4

lbHPT: later-born players who played above the median playing time per player per team; lbLPTcomp: later-born players who played below the median playing time per player per team and received compensatory training; lbLPTreg: later-born players who played below the median playing time per player per team and did not receive compensatory training.