Table 1. Anthropometrics and training data in four different sports. Data are means (±SD).
|
CC skiing |
|
Swimming |
|
LD running |
|
Soccer |
|
Total |
|
|
♂ (n = 62) |
♀ (n =87) |
♂ (n= 71) |
♀ (n =83) |
♂ (n = 67) |
♀ (n = 76) |
♂ (n = 62) |
♀ (n = 66) |
♂ (n = 262) |
♀ (n = 312) |
| Age (years) |
24.0 (4.1) |
21.8 (4.3)* |
19.0 (2.9) |
18.3 (2.9) |
25.3 (5.2) |
23.5 (5.3)* |
22.9 (3.0) |
21.1 (3.8)* |
22.7 (4.6) |
21.2 (4.5)** |
| Height (m) |
1.80 (.06) |
1.68 (.05)** |
1.84 (.07) |
1.70 (.06)** |
1.80 (.06) |
1.67 (.05)** |
1.83 (.06) |
1.67 (.06)** |
1.82 (.06) |
1.68 (.06)** |
| Body weight (kg) |
74.0 (6.1) |
59.3 (5.5)** |
78.8 (8.4) |
62.0 (6.7)** |
66.8 (6.6) |
53.5 (5.1)** |
78.8 (6.1) |
62.1 (7.0)** |
74.6 (8.5) |
59.2 (7.0)** |
| BMI (kg·m-2) |
22.8 (1.1) |
20.9 (1.4)** |
23.3 (1.8) |
21.4 (1.9)** |
20.6 (1.3) |
19.2 (1.3)** |
23.6 (1.2) |
22.2 (1.8)** |
22.6 (1.8) |
20.9 (1.9)** |
| CMP (days/year) |
43.9 (28.4) |
34.5 (25.7)* |
14.5 (15.6) |
12.0 (10.9) |
20.5 (25.0) |
12.0 (19.1)* |
11.4 (11.5) |
18.0 (20.4)* |
22.2 (24.4) |
19.5 (21.9) |
| Compet. (n/year) |
28.0 (7.7) |
26.0 (8.5) |
12.6 (6.6) |
11.8 (5.4) |
19.8 (11.4) |
18.1 (11.8) |
30.1 (13.4) |
32.4 (14.3) |
22.2 (12.2) |
21.6 (12.7) |
| RestTR(days/week) |
0.8 (0.5) |
0.9 (0.4) |
1.1 (0.6) |
1.1 (0.3) |
0.6 (0.6) |
0.9 (0.5)** |
1.3 (0.5) |
1.4 (0.6) |
1.0 (0.6) |
1.1 (0.5)* |
| RestC (days/week) |
1.2 (0.6) |
1.2 (0.5) |
1.4 (0.8) |
1.2 (0.5) |
0.9 (0.7) |
1.3 (0.7)** |
1.7 (0.5) |
1.6 (0.5) |
1.3 (0.7) |
1.3 (0.6) |
| Start training (age) |
7.4 (2.7) |
7.8 (3.4) |
8.0 (2.1) |
8.0 (2.2) |
11.7 (3.9) |
12.6 (5.5) |
6.2 (1.6) |
7.8 (2.3)** |
8.4 (3.4) |
9.0 (4.1) |
| Tr years |
12.9 (4.1) |
10.7 (4.6)* |
10.1 (2.9) |
9.7 (3.2) |
11.8 (5.3) |
9.1 (4.7)* |
15.1 (3.6) |
12.5 (3.6)** |
12.4 (4.4) |
10.4 (4.3)** |
| Tr hours |
594 (161) |
522 (142)* |
779 (340) |
755 (309) |
568 (283) |
532 (220) |
584 (262) |
445 (144)* |
636 (285) |
566 (242)* |
| Compet. hours |
17.4 (7.3) |
10.1 (7.4)** |
2.6 (12.8) |
0.7 (1.3) |
8.4 (9.5) |
7.1 (8.0) |
45.3 (20.1) |
47.8 (21.7) |
17.9 (21.0) |
14.8 (20.7) |
CC = Cross-country, LD = Long distance, BMI = body mass index, CMP = camping days, Compet. = competitions, RestTR = rest days during training season, RestC = rest days during competition season, Tr years = training years at least 2 times/wk, Tr hours = training hours in a year (hours/year, all kind of exercise), Compt. Hours = competition hours in a year.* p < 0.05, ** p < 0.001 Differences are shown between male and female in each sport and all sports together.
