Accuracy of Anthropometric Equations for Estimating Body Fat in Professional Male Soccer Players Compared With DXA

Centro Universitario de Ciencias de la Salud, Mexico

Status: Completed

Conditions: Body Composition

Treatments: Other: No intervention

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03883997

LNFUT-1

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study aimed to analyze the accuracy of different anthropometric equations to estimate body fat in professional male soccer players, setting DXA body fat as the reference.

Full description

The study consisted of evaluating anthropometric measurements and body composition with DXA in professional male soccer player aged 18 years and older. Standardized and certified personnel carried out anthropometric measurements and DXA whole body scan the same day.

Body fat was estimated with several anthropometric equations. These equations were divided into two groups: 1) Derived from non-athletic samples; and 2) Derived from athletic samples.

The body fat estimated from anthropometric equations was compared with DXA, and those with non-significant differences were further analyzed for calculating mean differences and 95% limits of agreement with DXA. This analysis was carried out for all equations.

Enrollment: 200 patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 18 to 37 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Signed contract with the team

Exclusion criteria

• Injured

Trial design

200 participants in 1 patient group

Participants

Description:

Professional male soccer players from the second professional Mexican division.

Treatment:

Other: No intervention