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Table 3 Absolute and relative distribution of age, body mass, height and body mass index (BMI) according to mechanism of injury

From: Characteristics and contributing factors related to sports injuries in young volleyball players

Variables

Characteristic

Mechanism of injury

  

Direct contact

Contactless

Overuse

Age

Younger 1

19 (52.8)

11 (30.5)

6 (16.7)

Older 2

42 (47.8)*

37 (42.0)*

9 (10.2)

Body mass

Lighter 3

27 (50.0)*

21 (38.9)*

6 (11.1)

Heavier 4

34 (48.6)*

27 (38.6)*

9 (12.8)

Height

Short 5

27 (50.9)*

22 (41.6)*

4 (7.5)

Tall 6

34 (47.9)*

26 (36.6)

11 (15.5)

BMI

Less BMI 7

30 (55.6)*

19 (35.2)*

5 (9.2)

 

More BMI 8

31 (44.2)*

29 (41.5)*

10 (14.3)

  1. 1 cutoff point of lower bound of confidence interval (CI) (< 15.29 years) obtained from participants for age variable; 2 cutoff point for upper bound of CI (≥15.29 years) obtained from participants for age variable; 3 cutoff point of lower bound of CI (< 64.28 kg) obtained from participants for body mass variable; 4 cutoff point for upper bound of CI (≥64.28 kg) obtained from participants for body mass variable; 5 cutoff point of lower bound of CI (< 1.72 m) obtained from participants for height variable; 6 cutoff point for upper bound of CI (≥1.72 m) obtained from participants for height variable; 7 cutoff point of lower bound of CI (< 21.28 kg · m -2 ) obtained from participants for BMI variable; 8 cutoff point for upper bound of CI (≥21.28 kg · m -2 ) obtained from participants for BMI variable; *Significant difference in relation overuse (p < 0.05).