Table 1. Characteristics of young skiers by age and sex groups. All data are presented as means (±SD).
| Age group (yrs) |
15 years |
16 years |
17 years |
18 years |
19 years |
| Gender |
Male |
Female |
Male |
Female |
Male |
Female |
Male |
Female |
Male |
Female |
| Weight (kg) |
63.2 (8.0) |
58.4 (8.6) |
67.2 (8.4)c |
60.2 (6.8)b |
69.7 (7.8)c |
60.6 (5.2)a |
71.4 (7.6)c |
62.3 (4.4) |
72.5 (8.2)c |
61.8 (5.0) |
| Height (m) |
1.77 (.06) |
1.67 (.04) |
1.80 (.06)c |
1.70 (.04)c |
1.81 (.06)c |
1.69 (.04) |
1.82 (5.5)b |
1.71 (.04) |
1.82 (.06) |
1.69 (.04) |
| BMI (kg·m-2) |
20.2 (1.9) |
20.8 (2.3) |
20.8 (2.0) |
21.0 (1.9) |
21.3 (1.8) |
21.3 (1.6) |
21.5 (1.6) |
21.4 (1.5) |
21.9 (1.6) |
21.6 (1.3) |
| TrVol (h·week-1) |
8.5 (2.5) |
7.0 (1.4) |
9.9 (2.7)b |
7.6 (2.4) |
11.3 (2.9) |
9.3 (2.1) |
12.4 (2.9) |
10.9 (2.9) |
13.4 (2.9) |
13.2 (3.1)a |
| ET duration (min) |
24.6 (5.1) |
20.5 (3.4) |
27.0 (2.2)a |
21.1 (2.8) |
27.9 (2.0)a |
21.9 (2.4) |
28.3 (2.2) |
23.4 (1.7)b |
29.3 (1.6) |
24.6 (2.6) |
| VO2peak (L·min-1) |
4.0 (.6) |
3.0 (.3) |
4.4 (.5)c |
3.1 (.1) |
4.7 (.6)b |
3.4 (.3)b |
4.8 (.7) |
3.4 (.3) |
5.0 (.5)a |
3.5 (.4) |
VO2peak
(mL·min-1·kg-1) |
64.1 (6.1) |
53.9 (5.9) |
66.1 (4.7) |
53.0 (5.2) |
67.0 (4.5) |
55.4 (5.5)a |
67.6 (5.7) |
54.9 (5.0) |
68.1 (5.0) |
57.1 (5.2) |
a p ≤ 0.05
b p ≤ 0.01
c p ≤ 0.001 compared to the previous age group; TrVol = training volume; ET = exercise test
