Analysis of the consumption of sports supplements in elite fencers according to sex and competitive level

Table 2 Number of supplements consumed depending on sex and competitive level according to AIS categories (14)

AIS Categories		Sex	International	National	Total	p-value Level	p-value Sex	p-value Level·Sex
Total		Women	2.76 ± 2.79	4.60 ± 5.15	3.35 ± 3.73	0.848	0.562	0.144
		Men	3.75 ± 2.86	2.33 ± 3.39	3.28 ± 3.03
		Total	3.12 ± 2.81	3.75 ± 4.58	3.33 ± 3.45
Gruop A	Sport Foods	Women	0.90 ± 1.22	1.40 ± 1.27	1.06 ± 1.24	0.901	0.583	0.132
		Men	1.25 ± 0.87	0.67 ± 0.82	1.06 ± 0.87
		Total	1.03 ± 1.10	1.13 ± 1.15	1.06 ± 1.11
	Medical Spplements	Women	0.29 ± 0.64 ^a	0.40 ± 0.70	0.32 ± 0.65	0.060	0.582	0.017
		Men	0.92 ± 0.79 ^{a, b}	–	0.61 ± 0.78
		Total	0.52 ± 0.76	0.25 ± 0.58	0.43 ± 0.71
	Ergogenic aids	Women	0.38 ± 0.70	0.50 ± 0.53	0.42 ± 0.62	0.604	0.447	0.927
		Men	0.25 ± 0.45	0.33 ± 0.82	0.28 ± 0.57
		Total	0.33 ± 0.59	0.44 ± 0.63	0.37 ± 0.60
	Total	Women	1.57 ± 1.66	2.30 ± 2.11	2.42 ± 1.51	0.528	0.676	0.053
		Men	2.42 ± 1.51	1.00 ± 1.55	1.94 ± 1.63
		Total	1.94 ± 1.63	1.81 ± 1.97	1.86 ± 1.73
Group B	Total	Women	0.48 ± 0.87	1.00 ± 1.15	0.65 ± 0.98	0.343	0.723	0.491
		Men	0.58 ± 1.08	0.67 ± 1.03	0.61 ± 1.04
		Total	0.52 ± 0.94	0.88 ± 1.09	0.63 ± 0.99
Group C	Total	Women	0.71 ± 0.90	1.30 ± 2.21	0.90 ± 1.45	0.563	0.491	0.441
		Men	0.75 ± 1.22	0.67 ± 1.21	0.72 ± 1.18
		Total	0.73 ± 1.00	1.06 ± 1.88	0.84 ± 1.34

Data expressed as mean ± standard deviation. ^a statistically significant differences between women and men of the same performance level; ^b statistically significant differences between international and national level fencers of the same sex; Level of statistical significance was set as p < 0.05

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