# Anthropometric Values in Spanish Elite Soccer: Differences between Divisions and Playing Positions
## 3 Results
 } \\ \cline{3-10}  & & & & & & & & & & \\ \hline Body mass (kg) & 75.91 \(\pm\) 6.86 & 74.57 \(\pm\) 6.87 & 74.27 \(\pm\) 7.00 & 2.18 & 0.113 & 0.004 & 3.66 & 0.000 & 0.187 \\ \hline Stretch stature (cm) & 181.03 \(\pm\) 6.20 & 179.90 \(\pm\) 6.38 & 179.59 \(\pm\) 5.88 & 2.04 & 0.131 & 0.002 & 2.86 & 0.002 & 0.153 \\ \hline Triceps skinfeld (mm) & 5.54 \(\pm\) 1.75 & 5.84 \(\pm\) 2.31 & 6.67 \(\pm\) 2.08 & 11.58 & 0.000 & 0.115 & 3.10 & 0.001 & 0.163 \\ \hline Subscapular skinfeld (mm) & 7.64 \(\pm\) 1.61 & 7.77 \(\pm\) 1.61 & 7.61 \(\pm\) 1.40 & 0.61 & 0.542 & 0.012 & 0.65 & 0.783 & 0.039 \\ \hline Biceps skinfeld (mm) & 4.60 \(\pm\) 2.10 & 3.91 \(\pm\) 1.86 & 3.38 \(\pm\) 0.97 & 13.06 & 0.000 & 0.043 & 1.09 & 0.370 & 0.064 \\ \hline Ilic crest skinfeld (mm) & 7.54 \(\pm\) 2.08 & 8.88 \(\pm\) 3.27 & 9.52 \(\pm\) 3.07 & 9.70 & 0.000 & 0.028 & 0.79 & 0.654 & 0.116 \\ \hline Supraspinale skinfeld (mm) & 6.19 \(\pm\) 1.94 & 6.84 \(\pm\) 2.27 & 6.23 \(\pm\) 1.99 & 5.91 & 0.003 & 0.066 & 2.09 & 0.023 & 0.047 \\ \hline Abdominal skinfeld (mm) & 8.09 \(\pm\) 2.29 & 9.40 \(\pm\) 3.62 & 10.33 \(\pm\) 3.91 & 14.15 & 0.000 & 0.052 & 1.38 & 0.187 & 0.08 \\ \hline Tighi skinfeld (mm) & 8.02 \(\pm\) 2.45 & 8.73 \(\pm\) 2.73 & 9.34 \(\pm\) 3.09 & 7.60 & 0.001 & 0.038 & 1.44 & 0.159 & 0.083 \\ \hline Carl skinfeld (mm) & 4.49 \(\pm\) 1.21 & 4.92 \(\pm\) 1.45 & 5.15 \(\pm\) 1.74 & 6.62 & 0.001 & 0.051 & 1.70 & 0.076 & 0.097 \\ \hline Arm relaxed girth (cm) & 30.75 \(\pm\) 1.84 & 30.34 \(\pm\) 1.64 & 30.21 \(\pm\) 2.21 & 2.46 & 0.087 & 0.035 & 2.60 & 0.004 & 0.141 \\ \hline Arm flexed and tensed girth (cm) & 33.98 \(\pm\) 1.92 & 32.95 \(\pm\) 1.81 & 32.76 \(\pm\) 2.17 & 12.06 & 0.000 & 0.046 & 2.47 & 0.007 & 0.135 \\ \hline Waist girth (cm) & 78.89 \(\pm\) 3.31 & 77.89 \(\pm\) 3.53 & 77.30 \(\pm\) 4.32 & 2.71 & 0.068 & 0.011 & 1.63 & 0.094 & 0.093 \\ \hline Hip girth (cm) & 99.26 \(\pm\) 4.29 & 95.23 \(\pm\) 3.71 & 95.50 \(\pm\) 4.74 & 17.10 & 0.000 & 0.024 & 1.95 & 0.036 & 0.109 \\ \hline Thigh middle girth (cm) & 54.72 \(\pm\) 2.88 & 54.52 \(\pm\) 3.10 & 53.72 \(\pm\) 2.94 & 3.95 & 0.020 & 0.030 & 2.49 & 0.006 & 0.135 \\ \hline Calf girth (cm) & 37.63 \(\pm\) 1.99 & 37.18 \(\pm\) 3.00 & 37.27 \(\pm\) 1.99 & 1.28 & 0.278 & 0.001 & 0.80 & 0.640 & 0.048 \\ \hline Humerus breadth (cm) & 7.36 \(\pm\) 0.47 & 6.88 \(\pm\) 0.44 & 7.03 \(\pm\) 0.35 & 39.32 & 0.000 & 0.106 & 3.58 & 0.000 & 0.184 \\ \hline Bi+styloid breadth (cm) & 5.92 \(\pm\) 0.35 & 5.69 \(\pm\) 0.38 & 5.87 \(\pm\) 0.50 & 10.99 & 0.000 & 0.087 & 2.27 & 0.013 & 0.125 \\ \hline Femur breadth (cm) & 10.22 \(\pm\) 0.48 & 9.79 \(\pm\) 0.48 & 9.77 \(\pm\) 0.65 & 23.67 & 0.000 & 0.035 & 1.16 & 0.318 & 0.068 \\ \hline Sum of three skinfolds (cm) & 18.57 \(\pm\) 6.18 & 25.06 \(\pm\) 7.55 & 25.67 \(\pm\) 8.22 & 37.21 & 0.000 & 0.028 & 1.01 & 0.439 & 0.060 \\ \hline Sum of six skinfolds (cm) & 39.97 \(\pm\) 7.86 & 42.97 \(\pm\) 9.63 & 44.49 \(\pm\) 10.98 & 7.73 & 0.000 & 0.047 & 1.47 & 0.148 & 0.084 \\ \hline Sum of eight skinfolds (cm) & 53.03 \(\pm\) 9.81 & 56.20 \(\pm\) 12.12 & 57.04 \(\pm\) 14.07 & 2.49 & 0.084 & 0.040 & 1.34 & 0.205 & 0.078 \\ \hline Corrected arm girth (cm) & 29.11 \(\pm\) 2.05 & 28.53 \(\pm\) 1.78 & 28.17 \(\pm\) 2.13 & 6.55 & 0.002 & 0.067 & 2.58 & 0.005 & 0.139 \\ \hline Corrected thigh girth (cm) & 52.18 \(\pm\) 2.70 & 51.75 \(\pm\) 3.10 & 50.83 \(\pm\) 2.94 & 6.66 & 0.001 & 0.056 & 2.70 & 0.003 & 0.145 \\ \hline Corrected calf girth (cm) & 36.22 \(\pm\) 2.00 & 35.60 \(\pm\) 3.05 & 35.72 \(\pm\) 1.99 & 2.37 & 0.094 & 0.002 & 0.78 & 0.656 & 0.047 \\ \hline Sum of corrected girth (cm) & 117.59 \(\pm\) 5.50 & 116.18 \(\pm\) 6.44 & 114.12 \(\pm\) 9.34 & 6.32 & 0.002 & 0.042 & 2.30 & 0.012 & 0.127 \\ \hline Fat mass (Carter) (kg) & 5.16 \(\pm\) 0.88 & 5.31 \(\pm\) 1.01 & 5.42 \(\pm\) 1.14 & 2.17 & 0.115 & 0.017 & 2.51 & 0.006 & 0.136 \\ \hline Fat mass (Carter) (\%)Pairwise comparisons after Bonferroni adjustment regarding the anthropometric and derived variables depending on division and position can be seen in Table 3. No significant differences were found between any playing positions for second-division players, except for BMI, where midfielders showed significantly lower values than goalkeepers (\(p\) = 0.047).