Table 2.
Descriptive data of the SS consumed in the different categories defined by the AIS [14], as a function of sex and level of competition.
| Variable | Sex | Level of Competition | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | F | R | N | I | Total | ||||||
| Mean ± SD | Mean ± SD | Mean ± SD | Mean ± SD | Mean ± SD | Med. | IQ | Mean ± SD | Med. | IQ | ||
| Total SS | 7.13 ± 0.29 | 6.23 ± 0.45 | 6.43 ± 0.30 | 7.65 ± 0.45 | 8.62 ± 1.00 | 8.00 | 6 | 6.89 ± 0.25 | 6.00 | 6 | |
| Group A | Sports Food | 3.68 ± 0.14 | 3.15 ± 0.23 | 3.37 ± 0.15 | 3.90 ± 0.23 | 3.81 ± 0.46 | 4.00 | 2 | 3.54 ± 0.12 | 3.00 | 3 |
| Medical Supplement | 0.46 ± 0.05 | 0.66 ± 0.10 | 0.49 ± 0.06 | 0.49 ± 0.09 | 0.90 ± 0.23 | 1.00 | 2 | 0.52 ± 0.05 | 0.00 | 1 | |
| Performance supplement | 0.83 ± 0.05 | 0.66 ± 0.10 | 0.67 ± 0.05 | 0.97 ± 0.09 | 1.33 ± 0.31 | 1.00 | 2 | 0.79 ± 0.05 | 1.00 | 1 | |
| Total | 4.97 ± 0.18 | 4.47 ± 0.33 | 4.52 ± 0.20 | 5.36 ± 0.30 | 6.05 ± 0.66 | 6.00 | 5 | 4.84 ± 0.16 | 5.00 | 4 | |
| Group B | 0.51 ± 0.05 | 0.55 ± 0.08 | 0.48 ± 0.05 | 0.60 ± 0.09 | 0.57 ± 0.19 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.52 ± 0.04 | 0.00 | 1 | |
| Group C | 1.64 ± 0.12 | 1.21 ± 0.62 | 1.43 ± 0.12 | 1.67 ± 0.19 | 2.00 ± 0.47 | 1.00 | 1 | 1.53 ± 0.10 | 1.00 | 2 | |
| Group D | 0.01 ± 0.01 | 0.00 ± 0.00 | 0.00 ± 0.00 | 0.02 ± 0.02 | 0.00 ± 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.01 ± 0.01 | 0.00 | 0 | |
SS: sports supplements; SD: standard deviation; M: male; F: female; R: regional; N: national; I: international.