Table 2. Mean ± standard deviation of age, breast size, body mass index (BMI) frequency of sports bra use and training hours between participants who did not report (no injury) and did report (injury) contact breast injuries and frictional breast injuries.
Variable Contact breast injuries Frictional breast injuries
No injury Injury p-value No injury Injury p-value
Age (years) 25.5 ± 9.2 26.1 ± 9.7 0.578 25.0 ± 8.8 28.3 ± 11.0 0.011
Breast size (rank) * 1.2 ± 0.5 1.5 ± 0.6 <0.001 1.2 ± 0.5 1.6 ± 0.6 <0.001
BMI (kg/m2) 22.6 ± 3.0 24.1 ± 3.8 <0.001 22.8 ± 3.0 23.8 ± 4.1 0.123
Sports bra use (rank) # 1.1 ± 0.5 1.2 ± 0.6 0.098 1.2 ± 0.5 1.2 ± 0.7 0.951
Training (hours) 12.2 ± 7.8 12.1 ± 9.8 0.257 11.9 ± 8.1 13.3 ± 9.6 0.211
# Frequency of sports bra use ranked from 1 (always) to 5 (never).
*Breast size ranked from 1 (small breasts, < 350 ml per breast) to 4 (hypertrophic breasts, > 1200 ml per breast).