Table 1. Characteristics of studies participants and differences in the anthropometric and training characteristics between male elite and sub-elite judo athletes.

	Study 1		Study 2
	Elite athletes (n = 16)	Sub-elite athletes (n = 11)	p-value (d)	Sub-elite athletes (n = 14)
Performance level	international	national		national
Age (years)	23.4 ± 3.0	15.9 ± 1.1	<.001 (3.08)	17.9 ± .7
Body mass (kg)	90.0 ± 21.9	73.6 ± 12.6	.035 (.87)	79.6 ± 15.2
Body height (m)	1.79 ± .08	1.7 ± .08	.881 (.06)	1.79 ± .09
Training experience (years)	20.8 ± .9	8.5 ± 2.4	<.001 (6.77)	10.6 ± 1.7
Training volume per week (hours)	21.0 ± 1.4	15.4 ± 1.1	<.001 (4.14)	16.6 ± 2.0

Data was shown as mean ± standard deviation (mean ± SD). d = effect size