Table 2 Descriptive and comparative analysis of anthropometric characteristics among the different playing positions

181.77 ± 3.59^3,4,5,6

179.61 ± 5.12^3,4,5,6

174.95 ± 4.61^1,2

174.55 ± 6.39^1,2

171.98 ± 5.75^1,2

173.83 ± 6.23^1,2

16.06

<0.001

0.475

69.07 ± 7.73^4,5,6

67.24 ± 6.77^4,5,6

64.37 ± 6.47⁵

61.01 ± 7.82^1,2

60.05 ± 8.49^1,2,3

60.41 ± 5.51^1,2

8.87

<0.001

0.793

20.87 ± 2.08

20.84 ± 1.87

21.04 ± 2.27

20.03 ± 2.09

21.66 ± 7.68

20.00 ± 1.42

0.91

0.474

0.329

43.29 ± 4.32^4,5,6

33.63 ± 3.54^4,5

31.86 ± 2.69

30.34 ± 4.10^1,2

29.98 ± 3.87^1,2

30.74 ± 3.40¹

8.52

<0.001

0.603

7.24 ± 3.46

7.73 ± 3.29

7.94 ± 5.06

7.04 ± 3.44

6.77 ± 3.71

6.08 ± 2.07

1.05

0.388

0.433

0.80 ± 0.04

0.79 ± 0.04

0.81 ± 0.03

0.80 ± 0.03

0.80 ± 0.03

0.79 ± 0.02

0.69

0.634

0.054

86.67 ± 4.41^5,6

85.51 ± 4.30⁵

86.57 ± 5.03^4,5,6

82.78 ± 5.55³

82.50 ± 5.12^1,2,3

81.86 ± 3.67^1,3

7.07

<0.001

0.585

92.46 ± 3.55^3,4,5,6

89.85 ± 7.93⁵

88.51 ± 3.29^1,5

87.97 ± 4.50¹

85.37 ± 3.83^1,2,3

86.37 ± 4.42¹

8.99

<0.001

0.616

22.48 ± 1.42

22.62 ± 1.57⁵

22.26 ± 1.16

22.82 ± 1.56

21.68 ± 1.25²

21.82 ± 0.91

3.44

0.005

0.237

47.99 ± 2.15^3,4,5,6

46.74 ± 2.66⁵

46.13 ± 1.85^1,5

45.90 ± 2.23^1,5

44.53 ± 2.36^1,2,3,4

45.04 ± 2.05¹

9.96

<0.001

0.489

55.90 ± 4.03

55.85 ± 4.19

55.23 ± 7.17

53.89 ± 4.60

53.34 ± 4.93

55.30 ± 7.53

1.68

0.141

0.514

29.25 ± 4.27^2,3,5,6

27.03 ± 2.28¹

26.58 ± 1.81¹

27.07 ± 3.61

25.87 ± 2.33¹

25.44 ± 2.48¹

5.85

<0.001

0.500