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)
VO
2peak
(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)
VO
2peak
(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