Table 1.

Characteristics of participants.

	All	Sailing	Athletics
Gender	15 (M = 9/F = 6)	9 (M = 7/F = 2)	6 (M = 2/F = 4)
Age (Y)	23.2 ± 3.9	24.56 ± 4	21.17 ± 2.93
Body mass (kg)	70.39 ± 13.34	78.89 ± 7.42 ***	57.65 ± 9.25
Height (cm)	175.37 ± 8.99	179.22 ± 7.31 *	169.58 ± 8.58
Phase of season	Pre-season n = 10 Competition n = 2 Off-season n = 3	Pre-season n = 6 Competition n = 1 Off-season n = 2	Pre-season n = 4 Competition n = 1 Off-season n = 1
Normal training time	8 a.m. to 5 p.m. n = 14 After 5 p.m. n = 1	8 a.m. to 5 p.m. n = 9	8 a.m. to 5 p.m. n = 5 After 5 p.m. n = 1
Training/competition duration per week (mins)	912 ± 359.19	636.67 ± 237.8 **	1095.56 ± 309.32

Statistically significant *** p ≤ 0.001; ** p ≤ 0.01; * p < 0.05.