Association of swim distance and age with body composition in adult female swimmers

Abstract

In these female adults, endurance swimming was mildly associated with body adiposity. Age was not associated with body fat mass independently from swimming activity except with that measure reflecting abdominal visceral fat deposits. These data suggest that greater fat mass in female swimmers is more strongly related to lower levels of exercise than to age but that there is an additional influence of age on fat accumulation in the intra-abdominal area of the body.