Table 1 Athlete characteristics.

	Overall sample			Subgroup of acute effect study
	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
N	195	112	83	25	11	14
Age (years)	19.8±7.1	20.9±8.0	18.3±5.2	16.1±3.9	15.8±2.8	16.3±3.8
Height (cm)	173.8±12.2	178.3±11.9	167.6±9.7	172.6±7.9	180.4±6.4	167.7±3.2
Weight (kg)	67.1±16.5	72.2±16.7	60.1±13.6	60.9±9.0	67.7±9.1	56.9±6.0
BMI (kg/m 2 )	22.2±3.5	22.4±3.3	21.3±3.7	20.3±2.3	20.3±2.26	20.3±2.4
Training years	8.9±4.3	9.2±4.5	8.7±4.1	8.0±4.1	6.4±2.7	8.5±4.1
Sessions per week	6.7±2.9	7.0±3.0	6.3±2.8	4.8±1.4	4.7±1.4	4.9±1.4
Training hours per week	13.7±5.8	13.6±5.5	13.8±6.2	9.4±4.7	8.0±3.0	10.5±5.8

Values are presented as mean±SD. BMI, body-mass-index.