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Table 2 Significant a Spearman’s ranks correlation coefficients between training experience, ages, and anthropometric measures in young adolescent female artistic gymnasts and acrobatic gymnasts (training as “tops”)

From: Postural sway in young female artistic and acrobatic gymnasts according to training experience and anthropometric characteristics

ARTISTIC GYMNASTS (n = 10)

Measure

Gymnastics experience

Age

Body height

Body mass

BMI percentile

Maturity offset

Gymnastics experience

     

Age

0.97

    

Body height

0.74

0.76

   

Body mass

0.83

0.81

0.90

  

BMI percentile

ns

ns

ns

ns

 

Maturity offset

0.91

0.94

0.89

0.92

ns

ACROBATIC GYMNASTS (n = 10)

Measure

Gymnastics experience

Age

Body height

Body mass

BMI percentile

Maturity offset

Gymnastics experience

     

Age

ns

    

Body height

ns

ns

   

Body mass

ns

ns

0.79

  

BMI percentile

ns

ns

0.63

0.94

 

Maturity offset

ns

0.91

0.65

ns

ns

  1. a p < 0.05
  2. Maturity offset - years from age at peak height velocity, ns nonsignificant.