Open AccessComparison of body composition between professional sportswomen and apparently healthy age- and sex-matched controls
Author(s) -
Raman K. Marwaha,
MK Garg,
Nikhil Tandon,
Namita Mahalle
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
indian journal of endocrinology and metabolism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.456
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 2230-9500
pISSN - 2230-8210
DOI - 10.4103/2230-8210.149323
Subject(s) - medicine , composition (language) , physiology , demography , gerontology , sociology , philosophy , linguistics
In view of the relationship between physical activity and nutrition on body composition, we assessed lean and fat mass and BMC (total and regional) in professional Indian sportswomen and compared it with apparently healthy age- and sex-matched females.