Acute changes in blood lipid profiles and metabolic risk factors in collegiate elite taekwondo athletes after short-term de-training: a prospective insight for athletic health management

Table 1 Body composition profiles at before and after two-months detraining in elite collegiate Taekwondo athletes (n = 14; 10 males and 4 females)

	Body Composition Profiles (n = 14; 10 males and 4 females)
	TKD Training Period	Two-months Detraining	Pre-Post % change	P value	Sig.
Weight (kg)	68.3 ± 3.7	69.5 ± 3.5	2.0 ± 1.2%	0.082	n.s.
BMI (kg/m²)	22.3 ± 1.1	22.7 ± 1.1	2.0 ± 1.2%	0.086	n.s.
Skeletal Muscle Tissue
Total muscle mass (kg)	31.6 ± 1.4	31.0 ± 1.5	−2.0 ± 0.9%	0.019	*
Left arm (kg)	2.8 ± 0.2	2.8 ± 0.2	−0.2 ± 1.2%	0.475	n.s.
Right arm (kg)	2.8 ± 0.2	2.8 ± 0.2	−0.7 ± 1.4%	0.356	n.s.
Trunk (kg)	23.6 ± 1.0	23.6 ± 1.0	−0.3 ± 0.8%	0.423	n.s.
Left leg (kg)	9.1 ± 0.4	9.0 ± 0.4	−2.0 ± 0.8%	0.020	*
Right leg (kg)	9.2 ± 0.4	9.0 ± 0.4	−2.1 ± 0.8%	0.016	*
Adipose Tissue
Total body fat mass (kg)	12.3 ± 2.5	14.3 ± 2.3	24.3 ± 7.3%	0.004	**
Visceral fat area (cm²)	42.8 ± 5.6	56.4 ± 6.8	37.3 ± 7.3%	<0.001	***

TKD Taekwondo, BMI body mass index, Sig. significance, n.s. non-significant difference. All data were expressed as Mean ± S.E.M. * denotes the significant difference between pre- and post-detraining (p < 0.05). ** denotes the significant difference between pre- and post-detraining (p < 0.01). *** denotes the significant difference between pre- and post-detraining (p < 0.001)

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