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Table 3 Correlation between finishing time and % ΔBM (represented by r value). Finishing time in minutes depicted as mean with standard deviation shown in parentheses

From: Body Mass Changes Across a Variety of Running Race Distances in the Tropics

 

Category

Finishing time (min)

r value

p value

10-km

Total

73 (14)

0.227

<0.05

Men

71 (13)

0.188

<0.05

Women

81 (16)

0.339

<0.05

21-km

Total

149 (27)

−0.008

0.916

Men

146 (26)

0.006

0.949

Women

158 (25)

−0.129

0.397

25-km

Total

213 (32)

0.381

<0.001

Men

213 (32)

0.376

<0.001

Women

213 (32)

0.405

<0.001

42-km

Total

321 (64)

0.075

0.262

Men

322 (65)

0.064

0.372

Women

311 (52)

0.121

0.530

50-km

Total

456 (57)

0.047

0.430

Men

457 (58)

0.087

0.188

Women

451 (51)

−0.140

0.324

84-km

Total

721 (93)

−0.040

0.262

Men

726 (94)

−0.092

0.273

Women

668 (92)

0.062

0.350

100-km

Total

869 (114)

0.244

0.330

Men

870 (84)

0.397

0.128

Women

869 (119)

1.000

<0.001

  1. There were only two women runners in the 100-km race