## 3 Results

Table 1: Body composition values for different Latin American groups of professional football players. \begin{table}
\begin{tabular}{c c c c c c c c c c c c c} \hline  & & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**Playing Position**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**Colombians**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**Argenitisians**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**Chilians**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**Venezualens**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**Uruguynas**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**Brazilians**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**Praguynas**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**Ecaudorians**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**Total**} \\  & & **(N = 80)** & **(N = 28)** & **(N = 51)** & **(N = 22)** & **(N = 59)** & **(N = 44)** & **(N = 2)** & **(N = 8)** & **(N = 28)** & **(N = 9)** & **(N = 289)** \\ \hline \multirow{6}{*}{Fewin skindind} & Total & Mean (SD) & 4.62 (0.51) & 4.77 (0.40) & 5.32 (0.94) & 6.20 (1.38) & 5.32 (0.23) & 4.51 (0.76) & 3.50 (0.14) & 3.42 (0.22) & 4.91 (0.97) \\  & Total & F (P *) & & 17.357 (+0.001) & & & & & & & \\  & DF & Mean (SD) & 4.69 (0.43) & 4.58 (0.54) & 7.00 (1.25) & - & - & 4.93 (0.68) & - & 3.42 (0.22) & 4.75 (0.85) \\  & & & & & 20.625 (+0.001) & & & & & & & \\  & & Mean (SD) & 4.83 (0.32) & - & 5.02 (0.70) & - & - & 3.94 (0.76) & - & - & 4.86 (0.70) \\  (mm) & MF & F (P *) & & & 8.843 (0.01) & - & - & - & 3.94 (0.76) & - & - & 4.86 (0.70) \\  & & Mean (SD) & 4.24 (0.65) & 4.85 (0.32) & 6.34 (0.53) & 6.20 (1.38) & 5.32 (0.23) & 4.10 (0.44) & 3.50 (0.14) & - & 5.07 (1.19) \\  & & F (P *) & & & & & & & & & \\  & & & & & & & & & & & \\ \hline \multirow{6}{*}{Faultner Fat} & Total & Mean (SD) & 10.53 (0.65) & 9.92 (0.34) & 11.84 (1.18) & 11.73 (1.03) & 10.11 (0.25) & 9.97 (0.85) & 11.52 (0.15) & 9.74 (0.32) & 10.74 (1.16) \\  & & F (P *) & & & 27.565 (+0.001) & & & & & & & \\  & DF & Mean (SD) & 10.66 (0.60) & 10.25 (0.37) & 12.85 (1.10) & - & - & 10.11 (0.93) & - & 9.74 (0.32) & 10.44 (0.93) \\  & & DF & F (P *) & & & 11.797 (+0.001) & & & & & & \\  & MF & Mean (SD) & 10.81 (0.32) & - & 11.62 (1.15) & - & - & 9.02 (0.06) & - & - & 11.13 (1.22) \\  & & F (P *) & & & 24.920 (+0.001) & & & & & & & \\  & & Mean (SD) & 9.97 (0.72) & 9.78 (0.21) & 12.64 (0.90) & 11.73 (1.03) & 10.11 (0.25) & 10.21 (0.81) & 11.52 (0.15) & - & 10.67 (1.20) \\  & & F (P *) & & & 26.32 (+0.001) & & & & & & & \\ \hline \multirow{6}{*}{Carter Fat} & Total & Mean (SD) & 7.15 (0.61) & 6.67 (0.24) & 8.36 (0.98) & 8.23 (0.84) & 7.18 (0.37) & 6.73 (0.96) & 7.62 (0.12) & 6.27 (0.28) & 7.37 (1.04) \\  & & F (P *) & & 25.252 (+0.001) & & & & & & & \\ \cline{1-1}  & DF & Mean (SD) & 7.32 (0.53) & 6.85 (0.30) & 9.90 (1.04) & - & - & 6.99 (1.09) & - & 6.27 (0.28) & 7.17 (1.00) \\ \cline{1-1}  & & F (P *) & & & 12.507 (+0.001) & - & - & 5.75 (0.12) & - & - & 7.66 (1.01) \\ \cline{1-1}  & MF & F (P *) & & 37.737 (+0.001) & - & & & & & & \\ \cline{1-1}  & ST & Mean (SD) & 6.61 (0.75) & 6.60 (0.18) & 9.11 (0.83) & 8.23 (0.84) & 7.18 (0.37) & 6.81 (0.63) & 7.62 (0.12) & - & 7.31 (1.08) \\ \hline \end{tabular}
* ANOVA test DF defenders MF validations, ST orders  
\end{table} 
Table 1: _Cont._Table 2 shows the bivariate correlations between weight, height, and BMI with skin-folds, % fat and estimated fat-free mass, grouped by nationality. For weight, Colombian players have negative correlations (\(p\) = 0.001) for abdominal and calf skinfold values (\(p\) = 0.003). Argentinians are positively correlated for weight with tricipital and subscapular skinfold (\(p\) < 0.001). Chileans have a positively correlated weight with all skinfolds except for the tricipital skinfold. Venezuela also show positive correlations between all skinfolds except the tricipital skinfold. Venezuela also have correlations between all the folds and weight except the abdominal fold, although unlike Chileans, in this case, these are negative correlations. Uruguayans have positive correlations with the thigh fold and Ecuadorians with the abdominal and calf fold. Brazilians are the only players who do not show any correlation between weight and body folds.