Sexual characteristics of physical development indicators during the training of cadets at a military university

Studying the patterns of dynamics of the body component composition of practically healthy individuals, using the example of the cadets’ adaptation to study at a military university, should be conducted on the basis of a multicriteria assessment using a set of statistical techniques. The purpose of the study is to identify gender–related correlational pleiades of indicators and assess their contribution to the adaptation of the body component composition of boys and girls to training in a military educational organization. A related sample of 387 male and 27 female cadets was examined during the period of their studies at 1-6 years. The body component composition was measured using the Tanita MС-780 MA body component analyzer. Correlational pleiades were formed based on the data obtained. The reliability of the impact of training at a military university, gender and their combined effect were evaluated using two-factor analysis of variance. The sexual characteristics of adaptation to training at a military university are associated with the formation of two alternative complexes of interrelated parameters. In men, changes in the body component composition during adaptation are associated with BMI, and in women with the total body water volume. In addition, in male cadets of a military university, the adipose tissue of the upper extremities plays an important negative role, as indicated by the correlation with the pulse. Studying at a military university, regardless of gender, gradually develops such indicators as trunk muscle mass and physical development rating, as well as stops the growth of visceral fat and BMI due to age-related changes. The obtained data demonstrate that, as a gender-independent marker of successful adaptation of the body component composition to training at a military university, it is possible to use the trunk muscle mass and the rating of physical development. Men's adaptation is best characterized by the dynamics of BMI, women's one is characterized by total body water volume.

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