ANTROPOMETRIC STUDY OF BODY COMPOSITION VARIABLES IN SELECTED MALE AND FEMALE ATHLETES IN RIVERS STATE, NIGERIA

The research was directed towards the study of anthropometric variables of body composition in selected male and female athletes of Rivers State, Nigeria. A total of 10 athletes, 5 males and 5 females volunteered for the study. The anthropometric variables investigated include height, weight, skin fold and girth measurements of the body composition of participants. Descriptive statistics of mean, standard deviation and anthropometric equations were used to describe the data. While parametric statistics of students’ t-test was used to compare both groups i.e. males and females to see if any significant difference exists between them. The result obtained showed that there was a significant different between the participants determined values in body density and percent body part of the variable investigated. It was concluded that differences existed between body composition variables of the participants in the muscle mass and absolute fat.