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Table 3 Odds ratios (ORs) for at least one acute injury during the past twelve months in sports club members

From: Acute and overuse injuries among sports club members and non-members: the Finnish Health Promoting Sports Club (FHPSC) study

    

Sports club members

    
 

All (n = 1077)

Boys (n = 549)

 

Girls (n = 528)

Training Characteristics

OR*

95% CI

P Value#

OR

95% CI

P Value§

OR

95% CI

 

P Value¤

Main sports

 Team and contact sports

1.0

  

1.0

  

1.0

   

 Individual sports

0.59

0.37–0.65

< 0.001

0.45

0.28–0.72

0.001

0.70

0.48–1.01

 

0.059

Starting training (age)

 4–7 years old

1.0

  

1.0

  

1.0

   

 8–11 years old

0.99

0.76–1.31

0.978

0.82

0.56–1.20

0.305

1.24

0.82–1.86

 

0.304

 12–15 years old

0.60

0.42–0.85

0.004

0.59

0.36–0.97

0.037

0.65

0.39–1.07

 

0.090

Active training years at least 2 times/week

 0–4 years

1.0

  

1.0

  

1.0

   

 5–8 years

1.38

1.03–1.83

0.029

1.55

1.01–2.37

0.045

1.24

0.84–1.83

 

0.274

 9–11 years

1.84

1.31–2.58

< 0.001

1.89

1.19–2.98

0.007

1.88

1.13–3.14

 

0.016

Training hours per week during training season

 3–6 h/week

1.0

  

1.0

  

1.0

   

 7–14 h/week

1.61

1.21–2.12

0.001

1.57

1.06–2.32

0.025

1.65

1.11–2.45

 

0.014

 15 h or more/week

2.12

1.42–3.15

< 0.001

2.16

1.28–3.64

0.004

2.04

1.10–3.76

 

0.023

Training hours per week during competition season

 3–6 h/week

1.0

  

1.0

  

1.0

   

 7–14 h/week

1.55

1.18–2.06

0.002

1.39

0.94–2.04

0.097

1.77

1.17–2.67

 

0.006

 15 h or more/week

1.78

1.20–2.63

0.004

1.67

0.99–2.81

0.055

1.91

1.05–3.48

 

0.033

The amount of competitions during last 12 months

 7–19 competitions

1.0

    

1.0

  

1.0

   

 20–39 competitions

1.34

0.93–1.92

0.118

1.48

0.89–2.47

0.132

1.29

0.77–2.15

 

0.331

 40 competitions or more

1.55

1.05–2.28

0.028

2.02

1.21–3.37

0.007

0.92

0.48–1.77

 

0.809

Resting days per week during training season

 3 resting days/week

1.0

  

1.0

  

1.0

   

 2 resting days/week

1.13

0.79–1.59

0.507

1.25

0.77–2.02

0.371

1.00

0.61–1.67

 

0.977

 1 resting day/week

1.35

0.95–1.93

0.098

1.54

0.94–2.53

0.088

1.18

0.70–1.96

 

0.538

 0 resting day/week

1.62

0.61–4.26

0.333

1.30

0.36–4.78

0.688

2.16

0.49–9.53

 

0.310

  1. * OR = Odds Ratio, 95% CI = 95% Confidence Interval
  2. #P Values in all sports club members derived from logistic regression adjusted for sex
  3. §P Values in boys derived from logistic regression
  4. ¤ P Values in girls derived from logistic regression
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