Table 1

Loss of body weight and total body water during the match

		Body weight loss				Total body water loss
	Body weight (kg)	kg	%	Urine volume (litres)	Water consumed (litres)	litres	%
Values are means (SEM), n = 6 in each group.
*Significant v referees at an α level of 0.05, two tailed, with Bonferroni correction for the number of tests (n = 7) in table.
NS, not significant; %, percentage of pre-match body weight; total body water loss = body weight loss + water consumed + urine volume.
Referees	78.20 (1.23)	1.22 (0.10)	1.55 (0.12)	0.06 (0.02)	0.32 (0.06)	1.60 (0.13)	2.05 (0.18)
Assistants	74.80 (1.87)	0.48 (0.13)	0.63 (0.17)	0.05 (0.02)	0.25 (0.09)	0.79 (0.19)	1.05 (0.25)
p Value	NS	0.0098*	0.0017*	NS	NS	0.0056*	0.0088*