Table 5.

Post hoc comparison between the variables with significant differences.

Model	Variable		Comparison According to Groups		Difference in Means ± SD	p	95% IC
Sex	Group C		M–F		0.92 ± 0.32	0.005	0.281 to 1.559
Level of Competition		Total SS	R–N		−1.49 ± 0.65	0.065	−3.042 to 0.065
			R–I		−2.55 ± 1.06	0.050	−5.096 to 0.003
			N–I		−1.06 ± 1.14	1.000	−3.809 to 1.693
	Group A	Performance supplements	R–N		−0.36 ± 0.12	0.009	−0.656 to −0.072
			R–I		−0.74 ± 0.20	0.001	−1.218 to −0.259
			N–I		−0.37 ± 0.21	0.249	−0.892 to 0.143
		Total	R–N		−1.06 ± 0.425	0.040	−2.082 to −0.036
			R–I		−1.74 ± 0.70	0.039	−3.423 to −0.064
			N–I		−0.68 ± 0.75	1.000	−2.497 to 1.128
Sex–Level Competition	Group A	Performance supplements	M	R–N	−0.24 ± 0.12	0.152	−0.526 to 0.054
				R–I	−0.04 ± 0.28	1.000	−0.717 to 0.645
				N–I	0.20 ± 0.29	1.000	−0.506 to 0.906
			F	R–N	−0.49 ± 0.21	0.060	−1.000 to 0.015
				R–I	−1.44 ± 0.28	0.000	−2.121 to −0.762
				N–I	−0.95 ± 0.31	0.009	−1.709 to −0.188

SS: sports supplements; SD: standard deviation; M: male; F: female; R: regional; N: national; I: international.