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Table 4 Absolute and relative distribution of age, body mass, height and body mass index (BMI) according to moment of injury

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

Variables

Characteristic

Moment of injury

  

Training

Competition

Age

Younger 1

31 (86.1)*

5 (13.9)

Older 2

62 (70.4)*

26 (29.6)

Body mass

Lighter 3

44 (81.5)*

10 (18.5)

Heavier 4

49 (70.0)*

21 (30.0)

Height

Short 5

46 (86.8)*

7 (13.2)

Tall 6

47 (66.2)*

24 (33.8)

BMI

Less BMI 7

42 (77.8)*

12 (22.2)

 

More BMI 8

51 (72.8)*

19 (27.2)

  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 competition (p < 0.05).