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Table 4 Odds ratios (ORs) for at least one overuse 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

0.88

0.66–1.18

0.401

0.99

0.62–1.58

0.981

0.81

0.56–1.19

0.288

Starting training (age)

 4–7 years old

1.0

  

1.0

  

1.0

  

 8–11 years old

0.93

0.70–1.23

0.595

0.73

0.49–1.09

0.123

1.14

0.75–1.72

0.549

 12–15 years old

0.77

0.54–1.10

0.155

1.02

0.62–1.69

0.923

0.64

0.38–1.07

0.086

Active training years at least 2 times/week

 0–4 years

1.0

  

1.0

  

1.0

  

 5–8 years

1.33

0.99–1.79

0.056

1.17

0.75–1.82

0.488

1.49

1.00–2.21

0.048

 9–11 years

1.02

0.72–1.46

0.898

1.03

0.64–1.67

0.894

0.94

0.55–1.63

0.835

Training hours per week during training season

 3–6 h/week

1.0

  

1.0

  

1.0

  

 7–14 h/week

1.63

1.21–2.18

0.001

1.91

1.24–2.94

0.003

1.42

0.95–2.11

0.088

 15 h or more/week

1.66

1.11–2.50

0.014

2.14

1.24–3.71

0.007

1.23

0.66–2.30

0.513

Training hours per week during competition season

 3–6 h/week

1.0

  

1.0

  

1.0

  

 7–14 h/week

1.48

1.10–1.98

0.009

1.64

1.08–2.49

0.021

1.33

0.88–2.01

0.173

 15 h or more/week

1.97

1.32–2.94

0.001

2.26

1.31–3.90

0.003

1.68

0.92–3.05

0.091

The amount of competitions during last 12 months

 7–19 competitions

1.0

  

1.0

  

1.0

  

 20–39 competitions

1.39

0.96–2.02

0.085

1.21

0.71–2.06

0.492

1.60

0.95–2.71

0.080

 40 competitions or more

1.53

1.02–2.30

0.038

1.42

0.83–2.41

0.197

1.57

0.81–3.05

0.178

Resting days per week during training season

 3 resting days/week

1.0

  

1.0

  

1.0

  

 2 resting days/week

1.15

0.80–1.65

0.448

1.07

0.64–1.77

0.807

1.25

0.75–2.08

0.400

 1 resting day/week

1.21

0.84–1.75

0.312

1.30

0.78–2.18

0.312

1.11

0.66–1.88

0.689

 0 resting day/week

1.17

0.44–3.16

0.750

1.30

0.34–4.89

0.702

1.04

0.23–4.59

0.961

  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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