Table 1 Anthropometric characteristics of young sedentary and active males and females

21.0 ± 1.8

21.0 ± 2.0

22.0 ± 1.0

21.3 ± 1.4

78.4 ± 9.6

61.2 ± 6.7^a

73.6 ± 8.7^c

60.6 ± 7.8^h

182.4 ± 6.7

170.3 ± 1.2^a

180.9 ± 6.0

167.2 ± 5.5^g

23.6 ± 2.4

21.1 ± 1.6^a

22.5 ± 2.2^d

21.7 ± 2.8^h

14.4 ± 3.9

25.2 ± 3.3^a

16.7 ± 4.7

30.9 ± 6.5^g,,h

11.5 ± 4.3

15.5 ± 3.1^a

12.4 ± 4.0

18.8 ± 5.0^g,h

66.9 ± 6.8

45.7 ± 4.5^a

61.2 ± 7.2^e

41.8 ± 5.9^g,h

81.9 ± 6.5

71.3 ± 4.2^a

78.8 ± 5.2^f

72.0 ± 5.8^h

98.3 ± 5.3

95.9 ± 5.4^b

94.3 ± 5.2^e

95.8 ± 8.1

0.83 ± 0.04

0.74 ± 0.04^a

0.84 ± 0.04

0.75 ± 0.06^h

0.45 ± 0.03

0.42 ± 0.02^a

0.44 ± 0.03

0.43 ± 0.04

21.9 ± 2.5

25.2 ± 2.5^a

20.8 ± 2.2

26.3 ± 3.9^h