Prevalence of rapid weight loss in Olympic style wrestlers

Figures & data

Table 1. Rapid weight loss (RWL) history.

	Group	Mean ± SD	Mean rank	p Value
At what age did you begin to compete wrestling?	Greco-Roman	11.42 ± 2.78	99.17	0.000***
	Women wrestling	13.03 ± 3.01^###§	136.51
	Freestyle	11.07 ± 2.96	93.86
How many days before the competition do you usually cut weight? (days)	Greco-Roman	9.80 ± 8.53	98.70	0.099
	Women wrestling	7.67 ± 7.96	82.40
	Freestyle	6.69 ± 6.13	80.24
How much weight do you usually cut before the competition? (kg)	Greco-Roman	3.84 ± 2.89	88.75	0.012*
	Women wrestling	3.53 ± 3.36^#	72.96
	Freestyle	4.17 ± 2.23	99.98
At what age did you start to cut weight before the competition? (years)	Greco-Roman	14.7 ± 3.74	85.52	0.076
	Women wrestling	15.18 ± 4.20	97.31
	Freestyle	14.07 ± 3.63	75.65
The greatest amount of weight lost for the competition?	Greco-Roman	6.72 ± 2.77	99.59	0.000***
	Women wrestling	4.21 ± 2.80^###§	57.99
	Freestyle	6.37 ± 2.85	93.66
How much weight do you usually regain after the competition? (kg)	Greco-Roman	4.59 ± 4.12	103.80	0.000***
	Women wrestling	2.86 ± 2.96^##§	66.60
	Freestyle	3.38 ± 1.40	97.31

*** statistically significant difference, p ≤ 0.001; * statistically significant difference, p ≤ 0.05; #significantly different compared to freestyle wrestlers, p ≤ 0.05; ## significantly different compared to freestyle wrestlers, p ≤ 0.01; § significantly different compared to Greco-Roman wrestlers, p ≤ 0.001.

Figure 1. Source of influence of RWL on wrestlers. * Significant difference between the groups, p ≤ 0.05.

Figure 2. Methods used by athletes during RWL. * Significant difference between the groups, p ≤ 0.05; ** significant difference between the groups, p ≤ 0.01; *** significant difference between the groups, p ≤ 0.001.