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Table 2 Special Judo Fitness Test (SJFT) data analysis

From: Dose-dependent effect of caffeine supplementation on judo-specific performance and training activity: a randomized placebo-controlled crossover trial

 

All

Caffeine consumers

Caffeine non-consumers

Uor t

P

rg or d

n = 22

n = 10

n = 12

SJFTR1

 Baseline

5.3 (0.7)a

5.1 (0.9)a

5.5 (0.5)a

45.0

0.34

0.25

 3 mg/kg

5.6 (0.6)ab

5.7 (0.5)b

5.6 (0.7)ab

51.5

0.60

−0.14

 6 mg/kg

5.9 (0.6)bc

5.7 (0.5)ab

6.0 (0.6)b

45.0

0.34

0.25

 9 mg/kg

6.0 (0.6)c

6.0 (0.5)b

6.0 (0.7)b

60.0

0.97

0.00

 Placebo

5.6 (0.6)ab

5.6 (0.5)ab

5.6 (0.7)ab

57.0

0.87

−0.05

 Χ2

21.46

12.85

11.67

   

 P

< 0.001

0.01

0.02

   

 Kendall’s W

0.24

0.32

0.24

   

SJFTR2

 Baseline

10.0 (1.2)B

9.9 (1.3)A

10.1 (1.1)B

0.36

0.72

0.16

 3 mg/kg

10.1 (1.0)B

9.9 (1.1)B

10.3 (1.0)A

0.98

0.34

0.42

 6 mg/kg

10.4 (0.8)B

10.2 (0.6)A

10.5 (1.0)A

49.0

0.49

0.18

 9 mg/kg

10.5 (0.8)A

10.7 (0.7)A

10.3 (0.9)A

41.0

0.22

−0.32

 Placebo

10.3 (0.9)B

10.3 (0.8)B

10.3 (1.0)B

57.0

0.87

−0.05

 Χ2 or F

6.93

6.84

0.97

   

 P

0.14

0.14

0.43

   

 Kendall’s W or \( {\eta}_p^2 \)

0.08

0.17

0.08

   

SJFTR3

 Baseline

9.2 (1.3)aA

9.1 (1.4)A

9.3 (1.2)A

0.42

0.68

0.18

 3 mg/kg

9.5 (1.0)aA

8.9 (0.9)A

9.9 (0.9)A

26.0

0.03

0.57

 6 mg/kg

9.9 (1.1)bA

9.6 (1.0)A

10.2 (1.1)A

43.5

0.22

0.28

 9 mg/kg

10.2 (1.1)bA

9.9 (1.1)A

10.4 (1.0)A

42.0

0.25

0.30

 Placebo

9.4 (1.1)aA

9.5 (1.1)A

9.3 (1.2)A

55.0

0.77

−0.08

 Χ2

19.58

6.79

19.93

 P

0.006

0.15

< 0.001

 Kendall’s W

0.22

0.17

0.42

SJFT Index

 Baseline

13.2 (2.2)

13.9 (2.3)

12.6 (2.0)

 3 mg/kg

12.7 (1.8)

13.5 (1.9)

12.0 (1.4)

 6 mg/kg

12.6 (1.4)

13.1 (1.2)

12.3 (1.4)

 9 mg/kg

12.5 (1.3)

12.7 (1.3)

12.3 (1.3)

 Placebo

12.6 (1.7)

13.0 (1.4)

12.2 (1.9)

Dosage effect

 F

2.38

   

 P

0.06

   

\( {\eta}_p^2 \)

0.10

   

Dosage x caffeine consumption effect

 F

1.51

   

 P

0.21

   

\( {\eta}_p^2 \)

0.07

   

Statistical significance between SJFTR2 and SJFTR3 within the same caffeine dosage

 Z or t (Baseline)

2.56

1.56

3.00

 P

0.01

0.15

0.01

 rc or d

0.66

0.60

0.65

 Z or t (3 mg/kg)

2.83

2.37

1.57

 P

0.005

0.02

0.12

 rc or d

0.79

0.89

0.64

 Z or t(6 mg/kg)

2.13

1.52

1.83

 P

0.03

0.14

0.07

 rc or d

0.64

0.57

0.66

 Z or t (9 mg/kg)

1.13

1.84

−0.69

 P

0.26

0.07

0.50

 rc or d

0.30

0.61

−0.18

 Z or t (Placebo)

3.29

2.03

2.67

 P

0.001

0.04

0.008

 rc or d

0.80

0.72

0.89

  1. Values are means (SD). abc – different letter inscriptions refer to statistical differences between caffeine dosages; ABC – different letter inscriptions refer to statistical differences between SJFT rounds (R2 and R3) within the same caffeine dosages. SJFT, Special Judo Fitness Test