Performance times of three groups of Ironman triathletes matched for starting body weight and total Ironman performance time but differing in their extent of weight loss during the race
| Variable | Group 1 | Group 2 | Group 3 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | Mean (SD) | Range | n | Mean (SD) | Range | n | Mean (SD) | Range | |
| Performance times are given in minutes. | |||||||||
| Swimming | 79 | 68.2 (12.4) | 44.7–104.1 | 83 | 67.4 (11.65) | 47.8–117.02 | 82 | 70.0 (13.5) | 47.9–118.8 |
| Cycling | 77 | 384.5 (39.5) | 307.4–481.2 | 81 | 386.8 (41.4) | 320.0–505.4 | 79 | 383.5 (39.2) | 308.6–485.4 |
| Running | 84 | 279.5 (43.8) | 182.6–380.6 | 82 | 273.9 (44.6) | 202.6–398.4 | 85 | 278.6 (46.4) | 194.9–413.5 |
| Total | 86 | 739.2 (89.0) | 564.5–950.7 | 86 | 741.8 (86.7) | 578.2–962.2 | 86 | 741.9 (84.7) | 564.3–959.7 |