Table 5.

Adjusted percentage weight change per month between contests at least three months apart (n = 1107)¹

Variable (reference category)	Average change in between-contest weight change (%)	95%CI	p-value
Age in years	−0.001	−0.005, 0.002	0.475
Gender (male)	0.03	−0.80, 0.13	0.636
Weight, % change during last competition	0.05	0.04, 0.06	< 0.001
Weight, in kg at first repeat occasion	−0.002	−0.004, − 0.0002	0.025
Number of participation occasions (two)			< 0.0012
3 occasions	0.15	0.05, 0.25
4 occasions	0.27	0.11, 0.44
5 occasions	0.38	0.20, 0.57
6–11 occasions	0.39	0.20, 0.59

¹ Missing values were excluded using a complete case approach. Analysis included data for 801 people across 1107 records. ²p-value is for joint effect