# Anthropometric Values in Spanish Elite Soccer: Differences between Divisions and Playing Positions
## 4 Discussion
### Body Composition Values
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**Percentile** & **10** & **20** & **30** & **40** & **50** & **60** & **70** & **80** & **90** & **100** \\ \hline Sum of three skinfolds (cm) & 17.06 & 18.54 & 20.16 & 21.66 & 23.80 & 26.00 & 29.42 & 32.96 & 36.96 & 52.00 \\ \hline Sum of six skinfolds (cm) & 32.50 & 35.20 & 37.00 & 40.40 & 42.00 & 45.80 & 49.30 & 53.50 & 60.00 & 83.00 \\ \hline Sum of eight skinfolds (cm) & 41.20 & 46.20 & 47.70 & 50.50 & 54.00 & 58.20 & 63.85 & 69.50 & 76.05 & 107.50 \\ \hline Corrected arm girth (cm) & 25.64 & 26.50 & 27.16 & 27.52 & 28.02 & 28.50 & 29.20 & 29.92 & 30.77 & 35.26 \\ \hline Corrected thigh girth (cm) & 46.78 & 48.25 & 49.21 & 50.04 & 51.01 & 51.65 & 52.32 & 53.21 & 54.66 & 57.68 \\ \hline Corrected calf girth (cm) & 33.00 & 34.02 & 34.70 & 35.34 & 35.73 & 36.05 & 36.76 & 37.31 & 38.34 & 41.04 \\ \hline Sum of corrected girths (cm) & 106.58 & 108.69 & 110.90 & 113.49 & 114.73 & 116.12 & 117.76 & 119.34 & 122.59 & 130.31 \\ \hline Fat mass (Carter) (kg) & 4.18 & 4.51 & 4.73 & 4.95 & 5.20 & 5.40 & 5.86 & 6.28 & 7.15 & 10.01 \\ \hline Fat mass ([PERSON]) (\%) & 6.00 & 6.28 & 6.47 & 6.83 & 7.00 & 7.40 & 7.77 & 8.21 & 8.89 & 11.31 \\ \hline Fat mass (Faulkiner) (kg) & 6.40 & 6.71 & 7.05 & 7.27 & 7.61 & 7.88 & 8.31 & 9.08 & 9.70 & 12.36 \\ \hline Fat mass (Faulkiner) (\%) & 9.15 & 9.47 & 9.76 & 9.94 & 10.16 & 10.53 & 10.99 & 11.60 & 12.35 & 14.31 \\ \hline Fat mass ([PERSON]) (kg) & 4.39 & 5.00 & 5.28 & 5.66 & 6.08 & 6.42 & 7.26 & 7.88 & 9.25 & 13.47 \\ \hline Fat mass ([PERSON]) (\%) & 6.39 & 6.93 & 7.23 & 7.74 & 8.33 & 8.88 & 9.50 & 10.39 & 11.43 & 15.23 \\ \hline Adipose tissue ([PERSON]) (kg) & 12.67 & 13.31 & 13.85 & 14.55 & 15.15 & 15.67 & 16.38 & 17.78 & 19.07 & 24.11 \\ \hline Adipose tissue (Kert) (\%) & 17.55 & 18.57 & 19.27 & 20.17 & 20.65 & 21.00 & 22.17 & 22.90 & 24.17 & 28.95 \\ \hline Muscle mass (Lee) (kg) & 30.28 & 31.21 & 32.25 & 32.98 & 33.60 & 34.51 & 35.48 & 36.43 & 38.11 & 44.41 \\ \hline Muscle mass (Lee) (\%) & 42.78 & 43.85 & 44.33 & 45.10 & 45.60 & 46.36 & 46.79 & 47.73 & 49.05 & 51.91 \\ \hline Bone mass (Rocha) (kg) & 10.86 & 11.47 & 11.84 & 12.19 & 12.48 & 12.91 & 13.36 & 13.71 & 14.31 & 17.53 \\ \hline Bone mass (Rocha) (\%) & 15.31 & 15.89 & 16.48 & 16.81 & 17.21 & 17.36 & 17.71 & 18.02 & 18.50 & 25.71 \\ \hline Residual mass (kg) & 8.47 & 10.18 & 10.99 & 11.55 & 12.41 & 12.92 & 13.88 & 14.67 & 15.59 & 29.76 \\ \hline Residual mass (\%) & 12.50 & 14.08 & 15.45 & 16.28 & 17.07 & 17.67 & 17.99 & 18.66 & 20.05 & 32.81 \\ \hline Endomorphy & 1.80 & 1.96 & 2.08 & 2.16 & 2.26 & 2.43 & 2.60 & 2.79 & 3.15 & 3.94 \\ \hline Mesomorphy & 3.78 & 4.05 & 4.37 & 4.61 & 4.79 & 5.03 & 5.27 & 5.51 & 5.88 & 6.96 \\ \hline Etomorphy & 1.85 & 2.10 & 2.33 & 2.51 & 2.75 & 2.89 & 3.11 & 3.29 & 3.71 & 5.28 \\ \hline Z sum of six skinfolds & \(-2.52\) & \(-2.45\) & \(-2.40\) & \(-2.32\) & \(-2.28\) & \(-2.18\) & \(-2.09\) & \(-1.98\) & \(-1.82\) & \(-1.23\) \\ \hline Body mass index (kg/m\({}^{2}\)) & 21.36 & 21.82 & 22.19 & 22.63 & 22.99 & 23.28 & 23.65 & 24.19 & 25.17 & 26.62 \\ \hline Waist-to-hip ratio & 0.76 & 0.77 & 0.79 & 0.80 & 0.81 & 0.82 & 0.83 & 0.84 & 0.86 & 0.92 \\ \hline Fat distribution index & 0.66 & 0.73 & 0.78 & 0.80 & 0.86 & 0.91 & 0.97 & 1.04 & 1.18 & 1.61 \\ \hline \end{tabular}
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Table 4: \(Cont.\)[PERSON] et al. [41] examined the effect of strength training-induced MM gain on aerobic capacity in 11 elite soccer players. The results of the study revealed that the increase in MM resulting from strength training did not have a negative impact on their aerobic capacity; on the contrary, an improvement in aerobic capacity was observed [41]. Supporting these results, it was observed in intercollegiate soccer players that improving lean body mass and decreasing FM could be beneficial for jumping and sprinting performance in soccer, although excessive body weight can negatively affect jumping and sprinting performance [42].